[anaxamander]

The miscommunication here is a question of scale. $40 a month doesn't put a dent in your budget when you're paying six figure labor costs at the same interval.

That all being said, I have no intention of writing OSS for a living. I contribute to FOSS for fun only, and I set my own schedule outside my day job.

[bruce511]

$40 might be what the OSS developer wants. But the overhead in getting that $40 to them is immense.

Even assuming I can "just spend" that, I need an invoice. It needs to be captured by accounts. I can be quized on it.

[dagw]

Yes, don't charge $40 if you are targeting large companies. For me as a project manager at Big Co, $40 and $400 is exactly the same, if I'm willing to pay one I'm willing to pay the other. What I care about is how friction free the process of paying you that money is.

Also I would rather pay one company $1000/month than 5 companies $100/month for the same service. To be crass about it, it isn't my money, but it is my time.