> be me> want to purchase some SaaS> go to the pricing page> “contact sales”> sit through 3 hours of sales meetings> finally find out the price> it’s too expensive> decide to build it myself
Happens more often than you would expect.
And then you opensource it and ruin them, right?
That would be nice, but companies keep buying e.g. Atlassian products no matter how much they suck and how many free alternatives exist.
The Symbolic Representation of good software is often what is wanted. Not good software
> be me
> want to purchase some SaaS
> go to the pricing page
> “contact sales”
> sit through 3 hours of sales meetings
> finally find out the price
> it’s too expensive
> decide to build it myself
Happens more often than you would expect.
And then you opensource it and ruin them, right?
That would be nice, but companies keep buying e.g. Atlassian products no matter how much they suck and how many free alternatives exist.
The Symbolic Representation of good software is often what is wanted. Not good software