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Re:Tell HN: A Conversation Needs to Be Had over Subscription... by jodrellblank on Friday January 21, 2022 @02:39PM (#30028897)
> follow the terms of the subscription, and you get to use whatever it is as long as you want

But you can run software you bought with capex as long as you want and it doesn’t cost more forever. And you don’t have to agree to new terms and conditions.

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Re:Tell HN: A Conversation Needs to Be Had over Subscription... by warrenm on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @02:49PM (#30090720)
>But you can run software you bought with capex as long as you want and it doesn’t cost more forever.

...only if you still have hardware and operating systems that support it (or that it supports, depending on your point of view)

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