Automatic Backups Base Fee Lowered to $10.75/month; Some Clarifications
After today’s launch, a number of people contacted us (and Gabe Jacobs blogged about it) to let us know that they thought a base fee of $14.95/month for our Automatic Website and Database Backup service was a bit higher than they would expect.
We agree. So we’ve lowered the price down to $10.75/month, which, at this time, anyway, is the lowest we can put it at while still making a profit larger than 2 or 3 cents.
The price change is effective immediately.
Also, it’s important to note that there is a difference between what we’re calling “open software” and open source software. While we’re huge proponents of open source software and will never migrate our infrastructure to Windows Server, Mac OS X Server, or the like, they are not one and the same.
Open software, simply and crudely put, gives some of the benefits of open source software (maximized customizability, possibilities for third party extensions where it makes sense, etc.), not all of the code is open. We certainly see ourselves opening useful portions of our code as time goes on, it’s currently not a feasible business model to open source all of our code while still trying to make a profit.
Perhaps some of our future web services will be under the AGPL (Affero General Public License — basically the GPL modified for web apps and services) or similar copyleft licenses; it’s definitely something we’re considering.
Similarly, the pricing for temporary hosting and backup hosting isn’t anywhere near finalized; those were rough estimates — to prevent future confusion, we’ve taken them off of our site.
We’re always looking for additional feedback– please feel free to contact us at any time either through that contact form, through comments, by sending us an email (firstname at squishsoftware dot com — ben at squishsoftware dot com, etc.), or however else you think is appropriate.
[...] Read Squish Software’s Response to my [...]
It’s about time someone has finally developed and offered this much needed, creative and customer responsive service. Good Luck!!
I wish Rogers was as nice as you guys are at lowering prices.