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[โ€“] fodor@lemmy.zip 56 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're profiting from FOSS, nobody is trying to prevent them from doing so, but they refuse to spend small amounts of money helping out part-time coders ... and you know why. That money is going to the mid-level managers themselves.

Do the right thing and help your company in the medium run, or pocket chump change? Yeah, easy answer.

Source: trust me bro

Middle managers don't get to pocket any of the unspent budget. That's crazy talk.