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It seems like the easiest way to make money in the post-opensource era - pay a small sum for your each move. =)
by c00p3r 16y ago
It seems like the easiest way to make money in the post-opensource era - pay a small sum for your each move. =)
- barrkel 16y agoI think the sum will have to be fairly substantial. The cost of involving support, or any kind of human contact, in the chain between needing a download and getting it is likely tens of thousands times more expensive than maintaining a self-service system. It's the enterprise sales model, where software contracts are measured in megabucks, because to do anything cheaper would be more expensive than the cost of sales. I think relying on anything from Sun that Oracle can likely find a way to charge for would be foolish, unless you're big enough to afford those kinds of costs.
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- hga 16y agoWell, if they're sane enough to fix this (not requiring the opening of a "formal service case") for all hardware bought before March 16th.... I suppose we will be able to judge the likelihood of their success by if, how and how quickly they fix this.