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Re:Atlassian is 20 years old and unprofitable by retcon on Friday July 01, 2022 @06:11AM (#31944425)
>It is when you’re a software company and the marginal cost of the goods is zero.

$600mm annual sales and marketing isn't cost of goods but the method of accounting that I subscribe to includes such costs as a fundamental cost of production delivery.

Re:Atlassian is 20 years old and unprofitable by mbesto on Friday July 01, 2022 @10:16AM (#31946707)
It's not, you can "turn off" S&M and people will continue to pay you.

Subscription revenue isn't the same as revenue in other businesses.