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Re:Software Company HashiCorp Is Weighing a Potential Sale by boris on Saturday March 16, 2024 @05:37AM (#39724487)
> Their pricing is either free or insane with little middle ground. I pleaded with a sales rep - I'm happy to stay on the free features but give you some money for "support" but they wouldn't take my money. Utter madness of a business model to turn down money.

It makes sense to turn down money if the administrative overhead of taking it will cost more. If I have to spend a couple of months negotiating a license/service agreement with your legal department and then chase your AP people for a couple months more to get my invoice paid, the the couple of $K you are willing to pay are not really worth it. And unfortunately that how things really work.

Re:Software Company HashiCorp Is Weighing a Potential Sale by kgdiem on Saturday March 16, 2024 @07:08AM (#39724852)
> And unfortunately that how things really work.

Yes, definitely. The cost to build out and maintain any middle ground solution must be unprofitable for the majority of business models.

Ultimately this creates opportunities for down-market service providers. Mid-large companies outsource support to contractors who will provide support for terraform in addition to 20 other things.