Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on January 29, 2003 11:07 PM
Well, sure the "total revenue regarding the IT-industry is shrinking horribly", the total revenue regarding virtually all the technology sector has shrunk horribly since 2000. The current on-going recession was caused by the sudden collasp of what was a technology "bubble". Is this supposed to be news to anyone?!
But, this isn't caused by OSS. The only reason that government and businesses are turning to OSS solutions for their IT needs is because the cost of the investment in closed source solutions has been priced beyond it's ability to return value. The company described in the story still employs developers and IT personnel, but no, it won't ever be able to make millionaires of it's executives or return fat dividends to stockholders. So, there's still good work to be done for those who wish to work, but the gravy train for those who profit from other people's work has been somewhat curtailed. Oh whaaaa.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 29, 2003 11:07 PMBut, this isn't caused by OSS. The only reason that government and businesses are turning to OSS solutions for their IT needs is because the cost of the investment in closed source solutions has been priced beyond it's ability to return value. The company described in the story still employs developers and IT personnel, but no, it won't ever be able to make millionaires of it's executives or return fat dividends to stockholders. So, there's still good work to be done for those who wish to work, but the gravy train for those who profit from other people's work has been somewhat curtailed. Oh whaaaa.
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