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> Why don't we have more businesses following the JetBrains model specially if the product is not a service that needs to run 24/7. JetBrains would have gone t
by sangnoir 4y ago
> Why don't we have more businesses following the JetBrains model specially if the product is not a service that needs to run 24/7.
JetBrains would have gone the SaaS route if they could get away with it. Seven years ago, they made an announcement[1] to go pure-subscription/SaaS, and the outcry[2] was so massive, they reversed course over a matter of days,id memory serves.
1. They proposed licensing term changes included bricking your IDE the moment your subscription lapsed, switching from their previous terms where you'd be stuck on a working then-current release forever.
2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10170089 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10170089