We know lifetime licenses, but in this case it is a bit different, because we are talking about the service here. I must admit that this is quite a bold move to offer the service for such a long period. $38000 is not cheap, but it is hard to really determine whether for Wordpress it will be enough to cover all costs for the next 100 years and make profit on that.
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Introducing the #100YearPlan: Secure Your Online Legacy for a Century – #WordPress.com News #TDBNews
https://wordpress.com/blog/2023/08/25/introducing-the-100-year-plan/

#WordPress has jumped the shark. #100YearPlan has big “last chance to send your dollar” vibes.

Everyone's focusing so much on the storage/technology costs around the #WordPress #100YearPlan, but no one's talking about the personnel costs.

You have to pay engineers to keep this stuff running. Even if it's static content in the cloud, there's still infrastructure and a company to run around it.

$38k for 100 years sounds pretty cheap to me when you consider the costs to maintain continuity and staff for a business over that time.

Wordpress (.com) will be offering "The 100-year plan"

"An exceptional new plan for those who want to secure their online legacy for a lifetime—and then some."

https://wordpress.com/blog/2023/08/25/introducing-the-100-year-plan/

#Wordpress #Blogging #100YearPlan

In our latest podcast episode, our guests talked about how to plan for the changes of the future when there is so much uncertainty. In our call, we will answer three of our most popular questions to show you how we operate with the future in mind. Join us on August 30th, 2023 at 12 PM CST. Visit https://permanent.org/events/community-call/ to register. #CommunityCall #Preservation #100YearPlan

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Listen here: https://permanent.org/podcast/sustainability-slowness/

How do you plan for a technological future you may not see? We talked with George Oates of the @flickrfdn and Dr. Temi Odumosu, scholar and curator at the University of Washington Information School, about their ideas for how cultural heritage organizations can plan their futures with digital preservation in mind. Stay tuned for this latest podcast episode. #OurDigitalFutures #FlickrFoundation #CulturalHeritage #DigitalPreservation #100YearPlan #SlowTechnology