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> We’ve started distributing our software for free

> nice

> We’ve stopped distributing our software for free

> How dare you!

That is not the problem here.

You're right. This is like they've stopped offering free gift wrapping. You can take it home in the plain package for free if you want.

It's been talked to death in other threads already, but typically when you provide a service, even if it's free, it is polite to give warning that you will stop providing said service in the future.

If they are trying to push people to commercial services I typically attempt to steer away from companies that make rash decisions with a moments notice, rather than ones that would leave you high and dry.

> It's been talked to death in other threads already, but typically when you provide a service, even if it's free, it is polite to give warning that you will stop providing said service in the future.

They actually did that by saying that there are no new releases planned and new releases may be cut at anytime and everyone uses them at their own risk.

https://github.com/minio/minio/commit/9e49d5e7a648f00e26f224...

… that commit is from last week. One week is not at all a sufficient warning, that’s rash and makes them look quite bad. Practically manic.

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