fontfree...@aol.com skribis: > For many software authors, yes, they can make more with open source, but > for MOST authors of software libraries, that is simply false. Programmers > understand that releasing their software libraries as proprietary will make > more money in the long run.
The world is in flux, so the only way to be certain about the long long run (as opposed to the so-called long run, which is really the medium run) is to wait for it to happen. I have more sympathy, anyway, for people who make free software for a living, rather than to hoard more wealth than "software-taskmasters" do. Most people don't have an urge to hoard wealth; they want to do what they like best and live comfortably doing it.
