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I know what you're saying but it is regrettable. The problem lies with people who want stuff for absolutely nothing, even if it's valuable to their work. Short-
by _a_a_a_ 4y ago
I know what you're saying but it is regrettable. The problem lies with people who want stuff for absolutely nothing, even if it's valuable to their work. Short-termism at work.
- otabdeveloper4 4y agoOpen source is about control, not money savings. I will never in a thousand years run mystery binaries tied to a particular version of operating system and hardware.
- short_sells_poo 4y agoDid you design your own cpu? If the answer is no, then you are running mystery binaries :)
- karolist 4y agoIf you wish to not run mystery binaries, you must first invent the universe.
- short_sells_poo 4y agoThis is not people explicitly wanting something for nothing. The issue is that in a corporation the incentives of the engineer and the person who controls budgets are at odds. The bean counter won't really be rewarded (not directly at least) for the engineer and the engineer's team being successful, but they'll be definitely penalized for being haphazard with finances. Ergo, their incentive is to be a stingy bastard by default. This then puts a high bar on anything that is a cost, which mostly penalizes low expenditures counterintuitively. A line item of $200 is basically not worth fighting for. Something that costs $20000 is generally easier to justify in terms of effort even just subconsciously. Ultimately both line items take asymptotically the same effort to push through, but the larger one appears (at first sight) much more important. It may be that the $200 item is more valuable in the end of course.