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A comment on Ask HN: Why Terraform Is Free?.

Re:Ask HN: Why Terraform Is Free? by catchnear4321 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @01:53PM (#36933987)
businesses have to be convinced to use something before they can be convinced to pay for something.

this is a common saas/open source model. the company works on the source, and has a for-pay slightly better version with some proprietary features.

any drug dealer knows you get more customers if you give a bit out for free.

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Re:Ask HN: Why Terraform Is Free? by techbuttman on Sunday July 30, 2023 @02:33PM (#36934454)
Windows has always been cheap or free for universities for similar reasons.
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