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Open source maintenance becomes a procurement question
Free was never the same thing as supported.
Companies are quietly putting a number on how many people one manager can have
Everyone agreed the layer was expensive.
The closing costs nobody shops for have quietly doubled
A fee you see once is a fee you never negotiate.
Everyone diversified their model suppliers. Almost nobody diversified the layer underneath
Two vendors on the contract, one dependency underneath.
Companies are paying more to watch their software than to run it
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The rollup comes for the plumbing business
The buyer is no longer the foreman's son.
The equipment lease was the last easy credit. It is not any more
The asset was supposed to be the underwriting.
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Your pilot succeeded. That is why it will never ship
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Open source maintenance becomes a procurement question
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Your pilot succeeded. That is why it will never ship
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The closing costs nobody shops for have quietly doubled
A fee you see once is a fee you never negotiate.
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Everyone diversified their model suppliers. Almost nobody diversified the layer underneath
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Publishers start building for readers who never click
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