We'd like to be able to hire a few people to join the team and work full-time on simplifying deployment of open source software. That means figuring out how to fund it since even people working on open source software still need to make a living somehow...
To clarify our thinking, we're currently considering simplifying the pricing somehow (e.g., only usage fees or only a mark-up on usage fees) and we'd like some feedback on that.
Nearly a dozen people so far (38% currently) have voted for 0%. In other words, they think we shouldn't add anything to Amazon EC2 usage fees. Is that because of the monthly fee or because you don't think we should fund development this way? If so, does any one have any other good ideas?
Just in case, I've refined the question so it asks you to assume we don't charge a monthly fee.
More feedback from those who voted for 0%
To clarify our thinking, we're currently considering simplifying the pricing somehow (e.g., only usage fees or only a mark-up on usage fees) and we'd like some feedback on that.
Nearly a dozen people so far (38% currently) have voted for 0%. In other words, they think we shouldn't add anything to Amazon EC2 usage fees. Is that because of the monthly fee or because you don't think we should fund development this way? If so, does any one have any other good ideas?
Just in case, I've refined the question so it asks you to assume we don't charge a monthly fee.
Thanks for the feedback!