Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on October 24, 2003 09:29 PM
The reality is, there is no reality. IBM isn't selling software, so there is no open source software business model involved. Open source is all about reducing development costs for IBM. Not paying Microsoft will reduce costs for a lot of companies.
One reality that does exist is that to make money, you have to put something into the product you are selling. If you just try shrink-wrapping another's work, you aren't going to beat the master, Bill Gates.
It could be true that the days of making money selling software are over. But that would also be true for closed-source if it is true for open-source. Few others get paid a million times over for each hour that they work. Lawyers can even go to jail for it (I think that over-billing is the only thing that truly is a crime if you are a member of the Bar Association).
If the Sweet Years are gone, then selling software could be as obsolete as selling horse whips, whose biggest market is selling them as sex toys, instead of for what they were originally intended.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on October 24, 2003 09:29 PMOne reality that does exist is that to make money, you have to put something into the product you are selling. If you just try shrink-wrapping another's work, you aren't going to beat the master, Bill Gates.
It could be true that the days of making money selling software are over. But that would also be true for closed-source if it is true for open-source. Few others get paid a million times over for each hour that they work. Lawyers can even go to jail for it (I think that over-billing is the only thing that truly is a crime if you are a member of the Bar Association).
If the Sweet Years are gone, then selling software could be as obsolete as selling horse whips, whose biggest market is selling them as sex toys, instead of for what they were originally intended.
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