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From: Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>
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> Now you're saying that you don't want the market of 2-10 developers:
> the other version control systems don't hurt enough. 
> 
> Would it make sense to allow these people to use BK for free under
> these circumstances, so that WHEN they grow, they are already
> using BK, and know exactly how to use it?

If and only if letting them do so is zero cost to us.  Otherwise what you
are asking is that we spend money and not take in money.  Doesn't make 
sense.  And I don't think the BK docs are good enough that it would cost
us zero dollars to roll out a new customer.

> My company with 2 developers will survive on tar&diff if you want 
> money for BK from us. We might decide that "tar&diff" still works
> when we cross the 25 developer line..... You might want us to be 
> using BK by that time.

When you cross the 25 developer line, if tar+diff are working for you
then there is no price where BK makes sense for you.
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Larry McVoy            	 lm at bitmover.com           http://www.bitmover.com/lm 
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