Sunday, April 2, 2023

Free Lunches Don't Last for Long

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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FREE AS IN BEER, FREE AS IN PUPPIES, FREE AS IN LUNCH

  • 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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