Free is great, until it isn’t. Now that the unicorn buffet of VC funding has less cheap money, expect to see more announcements about free stuff no longer being free.
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- Vendored open source software is free, until it isn’t
BE CAREFUL WHEN YOUR DEPENDENCIES ARE BASED ON SOMEONE ELSE’S COSTS
- It’s hard to ask for money when something has been free forever.
- Vendors will screw this up now and into the future
- VCs love free marketing, but don’t love on-going costs without returns
- Set your expectations right about “free” software. It might change without notice.
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