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minus-squarepulido@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·7 days agoI believe it’s a chicken and an egg problem. If free software projects had more users, those users would improve the software further with donations, patches, and bug reports.
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoWow, do I have some stories for you. But in short, there’s a lot of FOSS software that people use every day without knowing about it. And it gets no funding, because why it should. Companies making 9+ figures have issues sending even a $1000 to an open project that they depend heavily on. But Microsoft/Oracle/VMWare/Google licenses? That money just shoots out like from a cannon. Even if those products are not 100% needed and can be replaced.
minus-squaresomedev@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 days agoI think both can be true. I just mean if we’re talking about a company paying for Microsoft Office vs LibreOffice.
minus-squarePushButton@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down9·6 days agoNo. There is enough LibreOffice users to realize that the curve of the donations over users isn’t proportional. When was the last time you donated? Exactly.
minus-squarepulido@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·6 days agoDealing with people like you is exhausting. Easy ignore, though.
I believe it’s a chicken and an egg problem.
If free software projects had more users, those users would improve the software further with donations, patches, and bug reports.
Wow, do I have some stories for you.
But in short, there’s a lot of FOSS software that people use every day without knowing about it.
And it gets no funding, because why it should.
Companies making 9+ figures have issues sending even a $1000 to an open project that they depend heavily on.
But Microsoft/Oracle/VMWare/Google licenses? That money just shoots out like from a cannon.
Even if those products are not 100% needed and can be replaced.
I think both can be true. I just mean if we’re talking about a company paying for Microsoft Office vs LibreOffice.
No.
There is enough LibreOffice users to realize that the curve of the donations over users isn’t proportional.
When was the last time you donated?
Exactly.
Dealing with people like you is exhausting.
Easy ignore, though.