you ever encounter a schmuk holding on to some ancient piece of software (usually through some bankruptcy acq), licensing it out prolly making $100/yr instead of releasing to the community?

wth is up these guys?

/rant

  • Moonrise2473@feddit.it
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    1 year ago

    It happens when investment funds buy software houses thinking they got a goose that can lay golden eggs. So they layoff everyone and outsource support, thinking idiot users will continue to buy a new update license every year where the changelog is a different icon and three new bugs. Actual development died two decades ago but pricing increase every year to make up for “lost” sales

    Fuck KKR