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Do you think purchasers within enterprises especially care if it's a proprietary or commercially-supported FOSS offering?
by dotBen 2y ago
Do you think purchasers within enterprises especially care if it's a proprietary or commercially-supported FOSS offering?
- jdironman 2y agoThose with purchasing 'influence' might. Accounts payable? No.
- otabdeveloper4 2y agoYes. A shitload of legal nuance depending on what you choose here. (Software supply chain issues are increasingly important nowadays, and executives usually care about this stuff more, because it can carry huge risks.)
- PLG88 2y agoThey do if they are building it into their product/commercial offering. Less so if its a direct and internal usage.
- alemanek 2y agoAnecdotal but the company I work for does. But, not for the reasons the wider community cares. Strong FOSS projects tend to have multiple options for commercial support. So, if a hostile company acquires your commercial support provider, looking at you Broadcom, you have some options to move to someone friendlier for support. So, for my employer it is about having options.