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> For them, it's often cheaper or more profitable in the short run not to do any of these things. For free-as-in-beer software? You get what you pay for. Supp
by zmj 6y ago
> For them, it's often cheaper or more profitable in the short run not to do any of these things.
For free-as-in-beer software? You get what you pay for.
Supporting a full matrix of (security release) * (feature release) combinations isn't cheap.
- pessimizer 6y ago> Supporting a full matrix of (security release) * (feature release) combinations isn't cheap. Having paid for something isn't a magical spell that wards this away. Having sunk costs makes it less likely that the users will migrate away after unpleasant, user-hostile changes, not more. Having a budget also allows for enough PR to bury the complaints.