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In exchange for perpetual development and maintenance costs. Total cost of ownership doesn't go down by rolling your own in-house.
by jdvh 2y ago
In exchange for perpetual development and maintenance costs. Total cost of ownership doesn't go down by rolling your own in-house.
- rglullis 2y agoHaving a FOSS alternative allows you to share the R&D costs with other interested parties. At the very least, it works as a bargaining chip when it comes to negotiating contracts with the private sector.
- semi-extrinsic 2y agoIf that's true in a large organization, how do SaaS companies actually make a profit? If you develop an in-house tool, you have very predictable user numbers so you can go on-prem versus cloud for the compute and save ~10x on that side. You also have the benefit of being second, the other guys already did the hard work of UX research etc. and your in-house team just needs to replicate a slightly complicated CRUD app. The one significant roadblock I can see is being able to put together the right team for the job. But cost-wise it has to be a no-brainer that in-house is cheaper.