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Re:The Internet Relies on People Working for Free by drstewart on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @02:20PM (#20998436)
Enterprise support and "no badgering on ETAs" don't quite go together.

I want to live in the fantasy world some of you live in where you expect corporations to cut you a $100k check, no strings attached.

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Re:The Internet Relies on People Working for Free by Kalium on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @03:02PM (#20998896)
ETAs and individual bounties, I think, are different in a subtle way. ETAs require a strong organziation that can deliver such things. Piecemeal support to fix one bug does not.

Also, I've seen companies cut larger checks for sillier things with minimal conditions, so...

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Re:The Internet Relies on People Working for Free by rhizome on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @08:40PM (#21001459)
It's not enterprise support, it's simply paying for priority and nobody would be forcing them to participate in this scheme anyway.

And yes, this would be the only voice they get in the development process. Why shouldn't it be? Apple's had a 12 year free ride so far.

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Re:The Internet Relies on People Working for Free by satvikpendem on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @03:47PM (#20999314)
They'll probably lose much more than $100k on the bug impacting their systems.
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