Anaconda Commercial Edition FAQ

https://www.anaconda.com/blog/anaconda-commercial-edition-faq

by mch82 • 6 years ago

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mch82• 6 years ago

“As a response to the dramatic increase in usage and adoption of Python and Anaconda among commercial users over the last few years, we updated our Terms of Service. Moving forward, we are asking commercial users who rely on our packaging & distribution efforts to purchase one of our commercial offerings.”

Throwaway14235• 6 years ago

Strangely enough, they're not asking, but rather threatening users/potential customers , asking at least my day job company to pay up (and it's not cheap - they push for the 1kusd/user deal) or they will cut off access. The language used by the salesperson is surreal, basically stating that shelling out a hefty sum of money is nothing. It feels (I'm not saying it's their intent, their salesperson might just not be very good at selling anaconda ) like bullying so we're therefore looking for ways to get rid of it completely.

I fully appreciate the fact that they're running a business, but I've seen better ways of starting commercial relationships!

If any of the continuum folks are around, I'd be happy to hear more about this.

On a more general note, I hope this kind of thing doesn't make life harder for people working in large corps - one of my colleagues was expecting legal to clamp down on anything open source (I know, this is not the point but it unfortunately doesn't matter ) , since 'it's obvious that it can become a costly liability'.

Anaconda Commercial Edition FAQ

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