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This page is more applicable - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software Blesta is not free, and cannot be redistributed. It's made available under a commercial license. To contrast, we have released minPHP (The framework for which Blesta v3 is built) as OSS (Open Source Software) under the MIT license.

AFAIK, Blesta has been around for many years. I assume at this point that it is a relatively stable company...

We have a unofficial facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/Blestafans Please remember we are not staff at Blesta and Phillips Data inc. We are fans of this fantastic software and we will keep you updated. Hopefully paul, Cody and Tyson like it and be admins and can answer your questions and etc. But only time will tell

6 hour drive is not very close, this is true!

Some things can make sense (logic and business) to be both "free" and "open source." I don't think it's in everyone's best interest for Blesta to be both.

"Open source" didn't used to mean free, but it's gained that connotation (see FOSS).

According to Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source Blesta isn't open source at all, rather the vast majority of the code is unencoded and available to edit for your own use. While we choose to make the code available, there's a difference between that and open source software.

Not going to lie I was thinking of using Blesta before, but WHM** had more features, etc... So erm I took that way to get started, but then WHM** told me they had a new update for security recently and I thought "For F**k sake another one..." Then I found out it broke something which is important since what's a webhost without domains?" So I thought to myself "I need to get away from this company, came across Blesta saw the deal $99, spoke to Paul and found out they did the refuge promotion as-well but one or the other, so I saved up and them brought it. But I was talking to our friends at FreshRostedHosting (FRH) and they was also thinking of moving and saw I was looking in moving to Blesta and informed me they was two considering and just before myself brought it . Now I have no regrets and I believe this is the best billing system I have used and this is the step forward they needed to get people in.. - Billing systems going downhill. - More features - Stable - Secure = Blesta 100%

Of course we have considered Open Source, we contribute to it -- http://github.com/phillipsdata however Blesta is a commercial product and will remain so. Yup

Thanks for your confidence! We can do it with your guys help. I can definitely see the benefits for ease of entry for small hosting companies. Something to consider. We're definitely legit! Real people in a real office, writing really awesome code! If you're ever in the area, let me know, you're welcome to stop by and say hi.

Being a small operation, the $99 fee was one of the main reasons I chose Blesta in the beginning, but then I found something awesome! I was using SPB** for a while because it has some cool features-- free (*free version allows for a maximum of 25 customers*). But then I started actually using it, and the functionality became a problem even though it was free. I mean, it's not "bad" it just wasn't doing what I wanted, nor was it as easy to manage as I would have preferred. Lower priced, slightly limited, options are nice too. Not that you shouldn't get paid! Just works for the little guys too! But it does make me feel a little more at ease, knowing Blesta is powered by a fully legitimate company. The Internet has all kinds- if you know what I mean!

Trust me Paul, you will have at least 50% by next year and maybe more. I believe more re-sellers will be selling your product in hosting packs and on licensing sites. Myself I'm going to put it in some of our packages free (Resellers) and as I offer the other popular one at a price. This I hope will move customers to Blesta. Also you know my other brand I'm doing which is going to be Blesta only for a long time then I might add more licenses to the shop as you gave me that idea to compete but I want to dedicate it to Blesta I do believe you will be the main competitor shortly