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Re:SaaS We Happily Pay For by cabraca on Sunday December 27, 2020 @02:36PM (#25553614)
~$200/month for a 3 person startup might seem high. now calculate the cost of a server to host that FOSS stuff and the time and energy to maintain it, backups, etc.

TBH i would rather put that time and energy in my startup instead of maintaining a FOSS stack for my company.

Re:SaaS We Happily Pay For by fartcannon on Sunday December 27, 2020 @06:59PM (#25555307)
Do you think FOSS stacks are made of ice? That they would melt if you don't constantly resupply fresh ice from arctic excursions.

Surely you maintain your start-up tech on F/OSS, as most of the internet does, so just use the person who types 'apt-get update && apt-get upgrade' on your service to do the same on your local VM.

Or leave keep it local and literally never update it.

It wont melt.

Re:SaaS We Happily Pay For by TylerE on Monday December 28, 2020 @01:29AM (#25557215)
> Do you think FOSS stacks are made of ice? That they would melt if you don't constantly resupply fresh ice from arctic excursions.

Yes, if you care about things like not getting oWn3d and having your customer data exposed.

Re:SaaS We Happily Pay For by TameAntelope on Monday December 28, 2020 @02:50AM (#25557522)
> Or leave keep it local and literally never update it.

The mouth salivates at this prospect.

Yes, please set up your Jenkins server once and never look at it again...