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#2What's the economics behind many tech companies sharing their tools?
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#3What's the economics behind many tech companies sharing their tools?
It often attracts talented engineers; tech companies are always after talented engineers.
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#4What's the economics behind many tech companies sharing their tools?
Prospective employee's use public showcasing as a meter stick for who's who.
GitHub projects notably exemplify this -- not only is it a painless/cheap indicator of an employee's skillset, it also works for companies too.
On top of that, it fosters communication between teams in the industry and (in some cases) serves as a recruitment channel. Those that contribute in a meaningful manner to your open-source projects must meet certain standards and expectations, and finding such people is difficult. In this case they come to you.
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#5Origami looks really nice, can someone that has used it for some time share their experience with it?
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#6What's the economics behind many tech companies sharing their tools?
PR, influence, beta testing, 3rd party devs patching bugs for you for free ...
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#7What's the economics behind many tech companies sharing their tools?
It moves the industry forward? Also having the empathy to recognize that if you've built your success on top of free tools then it bodes well to contribute back to that same community that enabled your success. Think of it like an Alumni network.
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#8Origami looks really nice, can someone that has used it for some time share their experience with it?
There's been a flood of these types of tools recently, Origami being one of the early ones. I found this handy comparison chart:
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#9So, if you are a designer or a product manager, you cannot use Linux.
I wish that Facebook, with all its money, could have supported cross platform design frameworks.
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#10What's the economics behind many tech companies sharing their tools?
They get to spend less on training, making employees more commoditized.