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I just had a vendor give away 50k licenses for free if they'd pay maintenance...
I literally cannot even.
@TheGibson "Software as a Service" 😝
yeah, kind of... but they would be this vendor's largest North American client... and they are trying to break into this market hard.
I think they are doing this as a feather in their cap.
@TheGibson plenty of vendors give their stuff away to get a foothold. Though "just pay maintenance" isn't necessarily giving it away. 😝
@PhoneBoy I agree...
it's a configuration management system as well, which means that they have to fight the labor wide of the equation as well wince things have to be repackaged.
@TheGibson Gillette principle in practice.