top | item 45921859 (no title) alganet | 3 months ago If plain open-source local models were able to do what Claude API does, Anthropic would be out of business.Local models are a different thing than those cloud-based assistants and APIs. discuss order hn newest lmm|3 months ago > If plain open-source local models were able to do what Claude API does, Anthropic would be out of business.Not necessarily. Oracle has made billions selling a database that's less good than plain open-source ones, for example. dboreham|3 months ago It wasn't originally less good. For at least 20 years it was much better.
lmm|3 months ago > If plain open-source local models were able to do what Claude API does, Anthropic would be out of business.Not necessarily. Oracle has made billions selling a database that's less good than plain open-source ones, for example. dboreham|3 months ago It wasn't originally less good. For at least 20 years it was much better.
lmm|3 months ago
Not necessarily. Oracle has made billions selling a database that's less good than plain open-source ones, for example.
dboreham|3 months ago