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Hot take from the International Data Group: 7 Reasons Not to Use Open Source Software (www.cio.com)
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[–] dojoca@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

“When you want software as a service”

Lol. Nobody wants software as a service.

[–] Thaurin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Say that to my employer who just replaced our in-house developed system with a service and made my job disappear.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

And even if they did, the notion that you need proprietary software for that is a lie. There's nothing wrong with paying a provider to host and admin some AGPL software for you.

[–] DV8@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Smaller businesses without in-house IT sometimes do, though. Sure they can get an MSP. But if their purpose is to facilitate a software vendor to connect to a server with business specific software they don't understand, they might as well just get it as a service.

Especially when it's software that just needs yearly updates due to changing regulations.

I definitely agree that more often than not, the above doesn't apply, but there specific situations where SaaS actually does make sense and will have a lower cost in money and time.