vanillan@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 6 months 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 dollarsimagemessage-square215linkfedilinkarrow-up12.06Karrow-down173
arrow-up11.99Karrow-down1imageThis 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 dollarsvanillan@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square215linkfedilink
minus-squaredantheclamman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·6 months agoThe subs model ensures regular and predicable quarterly revenue, which means easier forecasting of growth, which means happier shareholders.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months 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.