@misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoAfter 114 days of change, Broadcom CEO acknowledges VMware-related “unease”arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1330arrow-down15
arrow-up1325arrow-down1external-linkAfter 114 days of change, Broadcom CEO acknowledges VMware-related “unease”arstechnica.com@misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-square@oDDmON@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish113•4 months ago In his blog post, Tan defended the subscription-only licensing model, calling it “the industry standard.” “Industry standard” my ass. If Adobe hadn’t started the trend by lusting after Blizzard’s subscription model and ultimately emulating it, we’d all be a lot better off. Not to mention our wallets being eternally thankful.
minus-square@BestBoucletteslinkEnglish37•4 months agoIt is the industry standard now, it never had to be but they all got greedy and Adobe kickstarted the slide
minus-square@Thann@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish23•4 months agoFree and open source software is the industry standard
“Industry standard” my ass.
If Adobe hadn’t started the trend by lusting after Blizzard’s subscription model and ultimately emulating it, we’d all be a lot better off.
Not to mention our wallets being eternally thankful.
It is the industry standard now, it never had to be but they all got greedy and Adobe kickstarted the slide
Free and open source software is the industry standard