Forgot your password?
Close
typodupeerror

Comment SaaS boosted Linux and open source usage,.. (Score 1) 356

by Selur (#59040428) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Do You Prefer One-Time Purchases or SaaS Subscriptions?

Personally, like most others, I prefer to pay more and get a life-long version than the monthly payment stuff.
Like with most stuff I prefer one-time payment over monthly costs to have lower base costs.

That said, the whole software as a service thing seems to drive more and more users and companies to Linux and open source software.
At least in my corner of the world more and more companies are switching and or alt least experimenting with Linux alternatives since they prefer to donate to projects (one time or from time to time, to sponsor a feature) more than having more and more of the software they use changing to saas.

Submission + - Monarch Butterfly Populations In West Are Down An Order of Magnitude (qz.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Far fewer [monarch butterflies] were heading south this year, and those that have arrived did so a month late, according to Xeres, a non-profit conservation group for invertebrates. One researcher said it was the fewest monarch butterflies in central California in 46 years. Surveyors at 97 sites found only 20,456 monarchs compared to 148,000 at the same sites last year, an 86% decline. It’s possible more insects will make the journey late this year, says Xeres, but that now seems unlikely. The minimum population size before the species experiences “migration collapse” is unknown, but a 2017 modeling paper in Biological Conservation (pdf) found that 30,000 butterflies adult butterflies are probably the smallest viable population. Without this critical mass, there aren’t enough insects in the western monarch population to continue one of the world’s most remarkable lifecycles.

Slashdot Top Deals

"The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who, in times of moral crisis, preserved their neutrality." -- Dante

Close