Ask Joel Spolsky: Pricing – what changed?

Re:Ask Joel Spolsky: Pricing – what changed? by casca on Saturday April 13, 2013 @10:54AM (#5543450)

Joel has no obligation to be consistent over 9 years or to keep to the same pricing philosophy as his company has grown and evolved significantly.

Bear in mind that "Unlimited" usually is not so. Even if his customer has 100k employees, the likelihood is that only a few thousand at most will use it. Why nickel-and-dime them - make the sales process as simple as possible and make everyone happier.

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Re:Ask Joel Spolsky: Pricing – what changed? by JakaJancar on Saturday April 13, 2013 @11:17AM (#5543487)

I don't think the OP is demanding consistency, merely asking what changed his opinion.

(it might indeed be the realization that there aren't companies with Unlimited employees, but maybe it's some other interesting reason)

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Re:Ask Joel Spolsky: Pricing – what changed? by sorenbs on Saturday April 13, 2013 @12:29PM (#5543700)

I am sure Joel and the Fog Creek team has discovered that having an unlimited license for large customers work best for them. I mean, that's why they are doing it. I would be interested in knowing the thoughts around this, whether this is a general rule for software companies or something specific to their current position in the market. We can guess and reason all we want, but Fog Creek is a big player with a long history. I think there might be something to learn.

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