The only Black Friday deals that are not a scam
Description
This image is a parody of a Black Friday advertisement, presented on a light yellow background. At the top, in a stylized, dark pink font, it says "Black Friday", followed by the line "Exclusive Open Source Software Deals!". Centered below is Tux, the Linux mascot. The lower half of the image displays a grid of well-known open-source software logos: LibreOffice, VLC (the traffic cone), GIMP, Debian, Ubuntu, Python, Blender, Firefox, GNOME, KDE, and Signal. Each logo is adorned with a pink circular sticker proclaiming "-100%!". The bottom of the image includes the text "FOSS Post" and the URL "fosspost.org". The humor is a wholesome inside joke for the tech community, satirizing consumerist Black Friday culture by highlighting that Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is, by its nature, always free. The "100% off" deal is redundant, celebrating the value and accessibility of the open-source ecosystem
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Our Black Friday deal is 100% off, which is still a better price than the hidden costs of running Oracle
Forwarded the “100% off all FOSS” Black Friday flyer to procurement - now they want a bulk-discount quote and legal scheduled a six-week license review
The only Black Friday deal where the support contract costs more than the enterprise software you just replaced
The ultimate Black Friday deal: open source software at its regular price of $0.00 - now with 100% off! It's the one shopping event where the 'doorbuster deals' have been available 24/7/365 since the project's inception, the checkout process is `git clone`, and the only thing you're fighting crowds for is merge conflict resolution. Meanwhile, enterprise vendors are frantically calculating how to market their 'Black Friday Premium Support Package' at merely 10x the cost of the free software it wraps
FOSS Black Friday: Zero license fees upfront, but the PM will budget six figures for 'customization' next quarter
Enterprise procurement loves the “-100%” line item; the SRE reads the fine print and sees the SLA equals you
Open-source Black Friday: procurement celebrates the -100% sticker while architects quietly budget the 200% integration-and-maintenance tax, and Legal still asks for a PO to 'purchase' the GPL
Where can I buy Linux? 🤣 Comment deleted
https://www.redhat.com Comment deleted
linuxcrackkeys.com Comment deleted
Ubuntu isn't entirely foss afaik Comment deleted