vanillan@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 1 month agoThis is Jehan Pages, the top developer behind GIMP, a free open source photo editor. Adobe executives hate Jehan. Because of his hard work, Adobe lost millions of dollarslemmy.worldimagemessage-square202linkfedilinkarrow-up12Karrow-down169cross-posted to: lemmydirectory@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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minus-squaredantheclamman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoThe subs model ensures regular and predicable quarterly revenue, which means easier forecasting of growth, which means happier shareholders.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI think JetBrains’s approach is nice. You can subscribe monthly but anything you e subscribed to for 12 months you get a perpetual fall back license for. Unless I’m missing something specific it’s a win for everyone.
The subs model ensures regular and predicable quarterly revenue, which means easier forecasting of growth, which means happier shareholders.
I think JetBrains’s approach is nice. You can subscribe monthly but anything you e subscribed to for 12 months you get a perpetual fall back license for. Unless I’m missing something specific it’s a win for everyone.