> You guys are really missing the point..my prediction..within 10 years all
> software will be free
>
> Reasons
>
> 1/ The internet has opened up a huge market and a global pool of
> programmers..some who work for the love of it
And some who DONT!! How am I supposed to feed kids? Why the hell should
my work pay me to produce products that cant make money on? The amount
of free software around to me points to way too much slop and lack of accountability
in the US academic circles and frankly cant see that lasting too much longer.
> 2/ Tools to produce software are becoming better..
> 3/ Real returns on software are plummeting - more complexity - less
> return..the cost of 'protecting' your code
> may be higher than the return you get from selling it. My maxim..we are not
> selling software but buying future liabilities
> Therefore you have to open your code to protect it
> 4/ There are real benefits to be gained from open source
Stock price not being one of them as far as I can see.
> The solution - write open source software..become the Linus of your market
> and enjoy the fruits of community
What I would like would be a job with such lack of accountability as Linus
obviously enjoyed for years.
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