RonSijm@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agoOopsie, Visual Studio License expired, so the build server stopped workingprogramming.devimagemessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageOopsie, Visual Studio License expired, so the build server stopped workingprogramming.devRonSijm@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square86fedilinkfile-text
Oh no, not just my build server, Microsofts build server… Everyones’ Azure build server - (if you’re building on windows)
minus-squareTodd Bonzalez@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoImagine paying money for software designed to sabotage your business if you miss a license payment.
minus-squareCarighan Maconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoUh… what do you think we do when a client doesn’t pay us for a while? We yank their access. That’s how services work, you get a few warnings that you really need to pay or you’ll lose access and then, well, you lose access.
minus-squareIsThisAnAI@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoOh you mean like every commercial FoSS OS which will force you to wait or not receive certain security updates unless you are on a subscription?
minus-squareMicromot@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThat’s what I was also thinking about but it wasn’t that related to the comment before that one
minus-squareIsThisAnAI@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoYou’ll have to be more specific on the confusion.
minus-squareMicromot@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI just want an example of the thing you are talking about in the comment
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoYour business also relies on licenses I bet.
Imagine paying money for software designed to sabotage your business if you miss a license payment.
Uh… what do you think we do when a client doesn’t pay us for a while? We yank their access. That’s how services work, you get a few warnings that you really need to pay or you’ll lose access and then, well, you lose access.
Oh you mean like every commercial FoSS OS which will force you to wait or not receive certain security updates unless you are on a subscription?
What are you talking about?
Sounds like Ubuntu pro maybe?
That’s what I was also thinking about but it wasn’t that related to the comment before that one
You’ll have to be more specific on the confusion.
I just want an example of the thing you are talking about in the comment
Your business also relies on licenses I bet.