Per https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm_RuObpeGo&app=desktop …, paraphrased: OSS: We don't support .NET 4.0. Company: We run a billion dollar line of business and have to run on .NET 4.0 because that decision is made above me. OSS: Point me to a contribution you've made to any OSS in last month and I will patch.
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Now while I can appreciate that, lawyers don't say "You've paid a lawyer in the last month? Cool, thanks for supporting the profession! Let me get right on that M&A document review for you." Probably a healthier response would have been "Send me your economic buyer; we'll talk."
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"Economic buyer?" The person at a company with authority to approve the purchase of your software license / consulting gig / etc you're going to pitch. Generally not the dev looking at Github in a billion dollar business.
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"Why not talk to that dev?" Nothing to talk about; you wouldn't propose marriage to someone through their cat.
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I seem to be cranky today. There's a less cranky way to say it: If you want to be effective at selling things, you should sell them to people who understand the value and can say yes, and in this scenario your initial point of contact is likely not that person, so ask for intro.
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