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by tootie 1197 days ago
Yeah exactly. I rarely if ever run these kinds of platforms for exactly that reason. I've been at small, resource constrained orgs where could not afford the developer hours to keep open source products up to date so we just buy entry-level licenses. And I've worked at huge orgs where we have the people but they have more urgent tasks so handing over $250k a year to a SaaS vendor is still cheaper and less risky than hiring.

I still very much appreciate the open source stuff as it at least keeps vendors honest.