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by dpower 8y ago
I'm a lurker, not a poster for the most part. And as you can see from our blog, we don't write that often. We don't really do content marketing. Any revenue we make as a result of this post certainly won't cover the time
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by dpower 8y ago
- (probably) team upvote boost to trigger front page Nope - the HN algo would murder us for this. Don't risk it. - 50% off promotion ending in ~4 hours with the tagline "you'll never see this offer again". You'll se
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by dpower 8y ago
IMAP is on the way (I'm using it now) but not quite ready for showtime. If you'd like access to the upcoming beta email dave (at)hiri(dot)com.
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by dpower 8y ago
We stripped every feature that made our product different and put them in an 'app store'. This was a huge change (a lot of work and a big risk), and not something I've seen others do as an on-boarding strategy. Thus, novel. I
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by dpower 8y ago
Hi all - I'm the author of this article. Happy to answer any questions you might have - Dave
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by dpower 8y ago
Hi there - I'm the author of the original author. Happy to hear your opinion and discuss!
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by dpower 8y ago
> They will always tell you if one of their recipe contains a particular ingredient (of which you might be allergic), and whether there are vegan options. I authored the article. People ask us about our software all the time. We answer t
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by dpower 8y ago
Author here. It's not just one thread. And not just Reddit.
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by dpower 8y ago
>However, I'd rather not have the Linux community "embrace proprietary software with open arms", thank you very much. Why? What possible harm could it do? >Why are you defending yourself and exactly what against? I didn
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by dpower 8y ago
I make an important distinction in the article. The FOSS community is not one 'type' of person. There are plenty in the FOSS community who use proprietary software. I have yet to hear a compelling argument on this thread for using
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by dpower 8y ago
There's no sudden flash sale. This has been there for about a year now.
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by dpower 8y ago
I'm founder of the company and I wrote the post. I wrote it because despite a lot of negative comments our experience going to Linux has been a good one. Yet the 'fundamentalists' I mention tend to make proprietary vendors fe
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by dpower 8y ago
In this case, Linux would get wider adoption if it could attract some large software vendors. Good for everyone.
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by dpower 8y ago
Perhaps I failed to make my point. I believe the fundamentalist brigade are doing Linux a disservice by scaring off proprietary vendors, who mostly believe they will not be welcome (This has not been our experience). I believe this is bad
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by dpower 8y ago
> ultimately backed by violent force, to ensure compliance with this belief This is true of all laws. This is how society works. If you don't like it, in a democracy you can campaign for change. You seem to believe you have a fundam
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by dpower 8y ago
To be absolutely clear, and I've made this point several times in the article - I am not dismissing the open source community. I am dismissing those that reject proprietary software on principle. I also made it clear that we would open
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by dpower 8y ago
>have suffered from proprietary software companies not supporting their OS/distros (Adobe, Microsoft, just to pick a few) And here lies the main point - they believe that many users will simply reject their proprietary software on p
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by dpower 8y ago
Interesting point, but I think it's a fallacy. Taking this line of argument and applying it to the social sphere - you would be arguing that there is a place for nazi's in this world (I'm just making a point - not saying you
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by dpower 8y ago
> Now imagine living in a world where food makers sneakily put nuts in their products Sure, this would be morally wrong (and also illegal). But you are basically saying that everyone is putting peanuts in their software, which is simply
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by dpower 8y ago
If FOSS is important to you, it should absolutely be a factor in your decision. And of course, people can choose whatever they want. I'm OK with that (although I don't agree with it) as long as it only affects you. If your decisio
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by dpower 8y ago
I think I was pretty clear in the article - I absolutely support FOSS. The point of the article was to debunk some of the perceived "evils" of proprietary software. It's not a zero sum game - FOSS vs Proprietary. Rather they
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by dpower 8y ago
I'm certainly not trying to deride open source. For the record, we have plenty of Linux users paying for the product (see previous article), but I simply don't understand why some people won't buy the product because it'
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by dpower 8y ago
Key point is this: If more Linux people embraced proprietary software it would help spread Linux. Simple as that really. As a proprietary app, we have encountered quite a bit of resistance from Linux users, usually berating us for not being
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by dpower 8y ago
The question is, will you choose FOSS even if it is a poorer choice?
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by dpower 8y ago
I'm the author of this particular blog post. Curious to see how this is received by the tech community.
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by dpower 8y ago
Linux is not our USP. In fact, we mostly sell to Windows users. We've been around for 5 years. We released Hiri for Linux a year ago. Our USP is increased productivity. Check out the Skills Center: https://www.hiri.com/
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by dpower 8y ago
We use domains more than anything. It's not the easiest thing to determine, but I'd be pretty confident in the 50/50 scenario. But I should have said that many of the people buying with their own credit card are actually purc
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by dpower 8y ago
We tried a few price points/models. This one is what seems to work for us. Every business is different and it's a matter of experimenting until you find what works.
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by dpower 8y ago
"This shows you just do not understand either free or open source software." - Please. Read my comment above for clarity on my position. If you reject ALL proprietary software based on ideology, I think it's fair to say you h
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by dpower 8y ago
Those traits are desirable, but not essential for most of our users. I still maintain that rejecting ALL proprietary software is a fundamentalist position. The purpose of software is to do a job - to add value on your behalf or on behalf of

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