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two of those are either need a purchase order upfront, or in 30 days (which is waaay shorter than the time it takes to actually raise a PO!) and ... who gives
by lifeisstillgood 6y ago
two of those are either need a purchase order upfront, or in 30 days (which is waaay shorter than the time it takes to actually raise a PO!)
and ... who gives free as in beer but not open source software? I mean winzip is all that comes to mind?
But it does not change the essence - only FOSS gives you software "forever" whilst jumping over the otherwise immutable accounting department t - it is probably the greatest hack no one sees.
- mooreds 6y agoI think OSS is a tremendous distribution hack; no argument there. The issue arises when the developers want to get paid so they can eat/pay their mortgage. Yes, sure, you've jumped past the PO process and your software is popular. But now you have to crawl back into it so you can get paid. And the best ways to get paid are laid out pretty well in the original post: * consulting * hosting * open core and are all problematic for different reasons.