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Are you sure you're attributing that advice to the right person? Because it's orders of magnitude less valuable advice that "offer a paid version of the produc
by jasonkester 11y ago
Are you sure you're attributing that advice to the right person?
Because it's orders of magnitude less valuable advice that "offer a paid version of the product". (Which you'll notice Patrick saying quite regularly about open source projects using charity as a business model.)
Selling software you've built is a proven way to make money. Selling consulting for software you've built is also a proven way to make money. But only one of those require you to actually do additional work in order to collect the money. The smart choice should be obvious to anyone with a fully formed sense of laziness.
- c17r 11y agoMost recent example: https://twitter.com/patio11/status/658748957250596864 https://twitter.com/patio11/status/658748957250596864 The issue is: it's easier for a business, particularly the line manager, to just sign a contract for "support" which comes out of his OpEx budget than to get a company to deal with a charitable donation which will probably have to go through Finance and Legal.
- jasonkester 11y agoYou're right. I had read your previous post as "consulting" rather than paid support (in which no actual work need take place in the normal case.) As you (and Patrick) say, that works nicely.