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Plone community's desired image infrastructure becomes open-source after pricing issues

A Plone core developer quoted a customer for desired image infrastructure, estimating a few hundred hours and a five-figure sum. This infrastructure, which the Plone community had wanted since 2020, was not commissioned at that price. It has since been open-sourced and is now in production, powering the shared web platform for Austria's architecture institutions. AI

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Plone community's desired image infrastructure becomes open-source after pricing issues

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    In 2024 a Plone core developer quoted a customer for image infrastructure the community had wanted since 2020. A few hundred hours. A five-figure sum. Nobody co

    In 2024 a Plone core developer quoted a customer for image infrastructure the community had wanted since 2020. A few hundred hours. A five-figure sum. Nobody commissioned it. The idea was fine. The price was not. It is now open source and in production, carrying the shared web pl…