[pauloortins]

And spending money that could be used to attract more developers or be invested in another way that not buying licenses.

[300bps]

Pretty much any software that you buy is going to be a rounding error in comparison to hiring a developer.

Do you skimp on hardware too?

[_random_]

I hate the fact but C# might actually be cheaper to hire than e.g. Java devs. Enough to pay for SQL :(.