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Re:Ask HN: Do you pay for any SaaS's? what would it take for... by skiltz on Thursday July 28, 2016 @05:31PM (#12183339)
I would rather pay for something knowing it's actively maintained and less chance of it going away.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you pay for any SaaS's? what would it take for... by stephenr on Friday July 29, 2016 @02:54AM (#12185359)
In this situation the whole point of OSS is that it doesn't matter if the service "goes away" because you can self host the same software
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Re:Ask HN: Do you pay for any SaaS's? what would it take for... by zachlatta on Friday July 29, 2016 @05:16PM (#12190073)
You're right, it doesn't technically "go away", but OSS does become unmaintained and imo that makes it not worth depending on.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you pay for any SaaS's? what would it take for... by cweagans on Thursday July 28, 2016 @07:13PM (#12183889)
Paying for something doesn't mean it won't go away.
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