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The thing open source can actually sell is not the code but access to its maintainers’ attention and expertise.

Drawn from what Filippo Valsorda and Nadia Asparouhova said

A private bookmark. Not a position, and never counted.

What they actually said

Word for word, with the source under each one. They did not write this page.

  1. Filippo Valsorda Clients still pay a fixed monthly retainer to ensure the professional maintenance of the whole portfolio, and to get access to the expertise of all of Geomys’ maintainers. words.filippo.io

    Cryptographer, formerly of the Go team at Google

    Clients still pay a fixed monthly retainer to ensure the professional maintenance of the whole portfolio, and to get access to the expertise of all of Geomys’ maintainers.
  2. Nadia Asparouhova While everyone is focused on putting up tollbooths, opportunities to “price” maintainer attention, and access to maintainers, remain undervalued. nadia.xyz

    Writer and researcher on open source

    While everyone is focused on putting up tollbooths, opportunities to “price” maintainer attention, and access to maintainers, remain undervalued.

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