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Re:Show HN: Postgres Language Server by Xymist on Sunday August 06, 2023 @02:12PM (#37024898)
There is an important differentiator, though. I'm happy to pay _once_ for tooling as a product, and potentially for subsequent major versions. I am not, however, willing to be a source of MRR.
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Re:Show HN: Postgres Language Server by gabereiser on Sunday August 06, 2023 @10:16PM (#37029236)
I generally agree with this. There’s only one or two tools I’ll begrudgingly subscribe to with this model. I would be way more inclined to use the tools if it were a single purchase and I’ll upgrade when I feel like it. I’m looking at you JetBrains and Adobe…
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Re:Show HN: Postgres Language Server by alex23478 on Monday August 07, 2023 @10:39AM (#37035070)
JetBrains offer perpetual fallback licenses together with their yearly subscriptions: https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207240845-What...
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Re:Show HN: Postgres Language Server by gabereiser on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @12:05AM (#37044398)
Then nag you and auto update you to the latest version without a perpetual license.
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