depending on the licensing, you might lose any / all profits by having open source within your product
if you are servicing a niche, the likelihood of an open source solution popping up is very low. general systems with mass appeal is usually the target of open source
Sure, I’m careful about licensing and stick only to the fully open licenses (Apache & BSD). Basing the work off of Hadoop, HBase, ElasticSearch, & Mahout.
The system is for the large scale storage and processing of Business Audit Logging statements. It targets highly regulated businesses, has detailed UI needs, and serious operational concerns. None of those requirements is typically the sweet spot for FOSS solutions. We’ll see - it’s always a risk but I should have a good head start.