Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 16, 2003 10:48 PM
Programmers doing open source is large free labour. The greater market part open source gets the higher unemployment will result.
In the end, when we have better economy but still huge unemployment, most programmers will likely see the connection between unemployment and open source in this industry. At this point they will stop work for free since most people simply have families to pay.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 16, 2003 10:48 PMIn the end, when we have better economy but still huge unemployment, most programmers will likely see the connection between unemployment and open source in this industry. At this point they will stop work for free since most people simply have families to pay.
The market will correct itself.
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