{"id":26741,"date":"2016-02-03T12:29:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T12:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/udsenterprise.com\/why-google-and-microsoft-open-source-their-project\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T13:52:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T13:52:54","slug":"why-google-and-microsoft-open-source-their-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/udsenterprise.com\/en\/why-google-and-microsoft-open-source-their-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Google and Microsoft open source their projects?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Analyzing Google&#8217;s steps regarding cloud and container solutions, it seems that they&#8217;re open sourcing them in order to promote the paid versions. <strong>Kubernetes<\/strong>, <strong>Seesaw<\/strong> or <strong>TensorFlow<\/strong> free versions are limited or very hard to manage if you&#8217;re not an expert, so for most companies it is cheaper to buy them. <\/p>\n<p>Microsoft&#8217;s strategy is different. Google tries to drive adoption, but Microsoft releases the code of their cloud projects as a <strong>competitive advantage<\/strong>, in order to face more mature solutions. That&#8217;s why their Open Source versions are more complete and include more functionalities. <\/p>\n<p>It is clear that the motivations to release Open Source projects are different for companies and for individuals; while it is true that both are very helpful for the community.  <\/p>\n<p>Source: InfoWorld<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech giants are lately releasing the code of many solutions. 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