Re:Write libraries instead of services, where possible
by throwaway894345 on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @12:48PM
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Why do you think it's limited to the FOSS world? Surely most SaaS companies (and certainly the most profitable) are business-to-business companies, and presumably they're quite a lot more valuable than the average library vendor. I would also hazard a guess that onprem services occupy an intermediate tier both in terms of profitability and in terms of integration model: they're a whole service (as opposed to a lib) but the customer is on the hook for integrating and operating (as opposed to SaaS).
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Re:Write libraries instead of services, where possible
by pjmlp on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @03:19PM
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Because a large majority of those developers feels entitled to get everything for free.
If I want to get money (not donations) I rather target traditional corps.
Re:Write libraries instead of services, where possible
by throwaway894345 on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @04:11PM
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I agree that if you want to make money you shouldn't target FOSS, but how does that fit into the "libs vs saas" conversation?