Comment by throwaway27448
15 days ago
This isn't exactly new; the other model is to just hire them directly. Unfortunately this has not generally led to open source outside of the enterprise world getting similar funding, but it is what it is.
15 days ago
This isn't exactly new; the other model is to just hire them directly. Unfortunately this has not generally led to open source outside of the enterprise world getting similar funding, but it is what it is.
What other examples of companies paying for something specific to be developed outside of their ongoing paid support contract can you point me to? I'm open to the possibility that this is more common than I realize, but I've yet to hear of another example of sponsoring development separately from support contracts.