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This same logic can be applied to FOSS software. It could stop being supported at any moment. There’s also zero financial incentive to fix any critical bugs tha
by brogrammernot 9y ago
This same logic can be applied to FOSS software. It could stop being supported at any moment. There’s also zero financial incentive to fix any critical bugs that arise.
As for non-subscription based software, you are simply delaying a pricing increase as the newer versions are needed eventually as new versions contain key features.
- lisper 9y agoNo. With FOSS you always have the option of hiring someone to fix bugs and make enhancements, or form a coalition of customers to hire people and spread the cost, or doing the work yourself. Moreover, the market for providers willing to do that work will be competitive, which will tend to drive costs down. WRT key features: I'm still using Microsoft Office 2008. In ten years I have never once needed a feature it didn't have.
- adrianN 9y agoImagine a world where all German city governments use FOSS software. Every tax Euro spent on adding critical features automatically benefits hundreds of municipalities. Some of those features might even benefit the general public that can also use the same free office software. Compare this to money spent on licensing fee going straight to Microsoft.
- pjmlp 9y agoGiven politicians way of life, I doubt it very much. It would go to some supa-duppa FOSS consulting company, or to yet another Berlin airport.