- Certain users are subscribing for the $149/user/year support package and are asking us queries that are typically those of n number of users. Now, is this not exploitation? Why not have a much better revenue-sharing agreement?
- Some users take vtiger, deploy it and do not want to share any revenue with vtiger. Is this not exploitation? Why not have a much better revenue-sharing agreement?
Most of the business cases that I see are these kinds of WIN-LOSS situations.
Unless and until vtiger gets a portion of the revenue that its community members make, vtiger will not make any revenue for itself! If vtiger does not make money,how will we deliver the product properly?
- Is charging $149/user/year too much?
- Most of the other open-source companies have pretty strict kind of licencing models but vtiger does not( In fact, there is no minimum number of user-licences that you have to buy say 5 or some other figure). Is that the reason why these kind of exploitations happen?
- Should vtiger too get strict on the licencing and act similar if not the same to these other open-source businesses?
I believe in mutual, symbiotic growth. But, all these seem anti-thesis to what I stand for.
- What should vtiger do?
- What would you do if you were in my shoes?
I am not frustrated. I know vtiger will succeed. It is already succeeding but I want to understand what is it that makes humans tick the ‘wrong’ way (WIN-LOSS) when vtiger is being straightforward and truthful and looking for growth on both sides. Where is it that I am missing something?
