Free Lunches Don't Last for Long
Free Lunches Don't Last for Long  
Podcast: The Reasoning Show
Published On: Sun Apr 02 2023
Description: Free is great, until it isn’t. Now that the unicorn buffet of VC funding has less cheap money, expect to see more announcements about free stuff no longer being free.  SHOW: 707CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Upland Software: Modern, secure fax solutions for businesses of all sizes.Digital transformation that safeguards sensitive information. Upland Software’s got the goods.Datadog Monitoring: Modern Monitoring and AnalyticsStart monitoring your infrastructure, applications, logs and security in one place with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBESHOW NOTES:A Decade of DockerDocker No Longer Sunsetting the Free Team PlanMinio pulls Weka’s OSS license (and Weka responds)FREE AS IN BEER, FREE AS IN PUPPIES, FREE AS IN LUNCHVendored open source software is free, until it isn’tBE CAREFUL WHEN YOUR DEPENDENCIES ARE BASED ON SOMEONE ELSE’S COSTSIt’s hard to ask for money when something has been free forever. Vendors will screw this up now and into the futureVCs love free marketing, but don’t love on-going costs without returnsSet your expectations right about “free” software. It might change without notice.FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnetFEEDBACK?Email: show @ reasoning dot showBluesky: @reasoningshow.bsky.socialTwitter/X: @ReasoningShowInstagram: @reasoningshowTikTok: @reasoningshow