Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 26th March 2012

Dilbert//8381, first published fourteen years ago on Monday 26th March 2012

Tags

computer software competitor software entice people buy products freemium startegy engineering

Official transcript

Dilbert: Our competitor just bought ten million copies of our software. Boss: Huh? Dilbert: They plan to give it away for free to entice people to buy their own product that has more features. We'll be part of their freemium strategy. Boss: That's just showing off.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

OUR COMPETITOR JUST BOUGHT TEN MILLION COPIES OF OUR SOFTWARE.

HUH?

THEY PLAN TO GIVE IT AWAY FOR FREE TO ENTICE PEOPLE TO BUY THEIR OWN PRODUCT THAT HAS MORE FEATURES.

WELL BE PART OF THEIR FREEMIUM STRATEGY.

THAT'S JUST SHOWING OFF.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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