vanillan@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 16 days 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-square210linkfedilinkarrow-up12.01Karrow-down169
arrow-up11.94Karrow-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 dollarslemmy.worldvanillan@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 16 days agomessage-square210linkfedilink
minus-squaredantheclamman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·16 days agoThe subs model ensures regular and predicable quarterly revenue, which means easier forecasting of growth, which means happier shareholders.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days 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.