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blog: more cloud foss companies
Anirudh Oppiliappan x@icyphox.sh
Tue, 08 Feb 2022 10:44:05 +0530
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@@ -35,6 +35,16 @@ (wouldn't be the first time!), and you know of another, or are building

one yourself -- please [email me](mailto:x@icyphox.sh); I'll be happy to mention it here. +**Update**: I was indeed mistaken. Here are a few companies built +similary: +- [jmp.chat](https://jmp.chat/) -- free-as-in-freedom US/Canadian phone + numbers +- [Frappe](https://frappe.io/) -- Indian company building a suite of + free software products +- [Plausible Analytics](https://plausible.io) -- free software analytics + platform. The self-hosted version has a less frequent (LTS) release + schedule. + For those unaware, sourcehut is an entirely free software company/startup that's building a software development platform; a suite of tools and services like git/hg hosting, CI, mailing lists, issue

@@ -83,8 +93,8 @@ will most likely be irrelevant to them -- usually catering to larger

deployments (support for say, CockroachDB), or enterprise-level deployments (Active Directory support, SSO), etc. -The business model is quite simple -- get initial traction via the -self-hosted open source software, while building out your cloud +The business model is quite straightforward -- get initial traction via +the self-hosted open source software, while building out your cloud offering. The community built around the self-hosted software are your initial pool of potential paying customers. Generally, these are either early-stage startups (seed to series A) who don't have a large enough