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>> none of my businesses use any software on a rental model where it is critical to our business and having it changed or switched off in the future could cause
by petra 11y ago
>> none of my businesses use any software on a rental model where it is critical to our business and having it changed or switched off in the future could cause serious damage.
That makes sense.
I do wonder why nobody offers a subscription service but with some kind of a lease like option, when after paying X months(or when stability is at risk, or too big of a change happens) - you can with a button click port it to a 3rd party hosting and pay only hosting fees ?
That seems to better align with the customers , right?
- trentmb 11y agoIsn't that what JetBrains switched to?
- jaymzcampbell 11y agoThat's correct, they have this 'perpetual fallback' model which I wish more companies would offer, it makes it feel like you won't lose out on your investment even if you grow out of the subscription; though they are (mostly) offering IDEs without cloud services to host and maintain which no doubt makes this an easier thing to deal with. They've some nice diagrams illustrating how it kicks in here: https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207240845-What-is-perpetual-fallback-license- https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207240845-What...