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Sure, but even in German companies if you want to purchase a 500€ piece of software there's a procurement process that you can go through. There's no process f
by chaosite 4y ago
Sure, but even in German companies if you want to purchase a 500€ piece of software there's a procurement process that you can go through.
There's no process for buying a laptop for an open-source dev who's code the business depends on but who is not an employee, so especially in German companies, you don't do that.
- raverbashing 4y agoWell, correct, you wouldn't buy it for a donation You would usually proceed as a donation from inventory or you'd give them some type of credit for purchase (might come off the marketing dept) When donating something never go with the more expensive option (in this case, actually going and buying something you make on the market)
- andsoitis 4y agoCan’t you donate the money and then they buy the hardware?
- 95014_refugee 4y agoIf by "you" you mean "the corporation", then no. A software BU doesn't make donations. It can purchase things, which is the point of the quoted comment, but it can't just give money away. From a corporate accounting perspective, a "purchase" is "we pay money and we get a thing". Sometimes the thing needs to fit a stereotype; "a hardware", "a service", "a contract", but the dance is the same; request a quote, get a quote, place an order, get an invoice, pay the invoice, get a receipt, get confirmation of delivery. Iff the transaction fits that mold, then it's generally straightforward. If it doesn't, then you need to find someone with the power to override the organisation; in an organisation resistant to internal tampering ("corruption") that can be quite difficult.