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They're selling an operational service that their customers can't easily replicate, even with the code. Their product is a globally-distributed monitoring syst
by meredydd 9y ago
They're selling an operational service that their customers can't easily replicate, even with the code.
Their product is a globally-distributed monitoring system. Running these systems all over the world, and keeping them running, is a serious operational headache. It's probably at least as complex as operating the service the customer wants to monitor - perhaps a lot more, given that most services are not globally distributed.
As long as they price below "double your ops budget", they'll remain value for money - even if the code they use is free.
- yjftsjthsd-h 9y agoOr in short: They're selling a service, not a product, so they can give away the products that they happen to use.