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Comments Networks Groan as Open Source Platforms Proliferate Oldest First \| Newest First \| Threaded View [close this box] << < Page 2 / 2 JohnBarnes 3/25/2016 7:35:49 AM User Rank Platinum Re: Business models for different licensing models... Joe, among younger tech people "free beer" seems to be what "free lunch" is among us geezers: the thing that, actually, you pay for, somehow. Having recently gotten into R, which is deliberately about as open-source as any software can be, I've been noticiing how much of the R world turns around "free beer", i.e. the many ways that providing support for R takes the place of the non-existent R corporation. It's all free and open source -- but there'a great deal of convenience involved for those who can spend some money, and a monetizable reputation involves an investment of time, money, and effort that looks suspiciously like what that non-existent corporation would have had to spend for. (Sometimes the beer is free and public, but all the restrooms are private and cost a couple of dollars ...) Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% Joe Stanganelli 3/26/2016 10:01:44 AM User Rank Author Re: Business models for different licensing models... Ah, thanks for clarifying -- and you're right: TANSTAAFL -- or TANSTAAFB. ("Oh, those greedy corporations charging us so much money for their software and the rights to use and adapt and even modify (or request modifications of) it and it doesn't even work the way we want it to all the time! We should instead use this software that's totally free except it kind of doesn't work the way we want it to all the time unless we pay for support -- but that's okay because we're investing in the community.") 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