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I've come across this before. Have never been able to find out what you get with a "free account" or why someone is giving away free accounts.
by bachmeier 5y ago
I've come across this before. Have never been able to find out what you get with a "free account" or why someone is giving away free accounts.
- wolverine876 5y ago> Have never been able to find out ... why someone is giving away free accounts. It seems straightforward to me: They call themselves "Open" and "a libre platform", etc. They are part of the FLOSS movement.
- bachmeier 5y agoI don't see how that answers either question. Being part of the FLOSS movement doesn't explain who is funding the costs of the service or why. It's unrelated. And it certainly doesn't tell me what you get with a "free account".
- cwilby 5y agoSomebody with money to literally burn, is my guess.
- ognarb 5y agoGood guess, see BlueSystem in Wikipedia.
- mappu 5y agoIt's owned by Blue Systems who employ a lot of KDE developers. See https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OpenDesktop-Acquired https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OpenDesk...
- southerntofu 5y agoA free account isn't usually free, but rather donation-based (free price). Also, hosting services for users is incredibly cheap unless you host some very resource-intensive services. All in all, for ~100€/mo housing fees (+ hardware costs) you can serve (dozens of) thousands of users, selfhosted.