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Maybe commercial software is dead. We all want it, except for some youngins.. how long can the corporate marketplace defy the will of the people who fuel the m

Maybe commercial software is dead. We all want it, except for some youngins.. how long can the corporate marketplace defy the will of the people who fuel the market? Free software is the future. The benefits to mankind are too great.

ryanackley 10y ago
Reality check: commercial software is bigger than ever. It's also not a dichotomy. Most commercial software relies on open source for various components.
kordless 10y ago
We need a business model that makes sense for Open Source developers. Likely pinned to a blockchain for deployments, service updates, support, etc.
- jclulow 10y ago
  We need to stop trying to jam block chains into everything.
  - jacquesm 10y ago
    Especially when it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
flyinglizard 10y ago
This is exactly the point of the article: software becomes commoditized, what matters is the customer outcome.
morgante 10y ago
> how long can the corporate marketplace defy the will of the people who fuel the market? How can you claim that it's the will of all developers to be unemployed?
- icebraining 10y ago
  Still this nonsense? Lots of people make a living writing FOSS, and that's with the competition of non-FOSS companies. As long as there's a demand for more software, there will be jobs for all the developers needed to write it.
Ros2 10y ago
The market continues to do a lot of culling, yes, but some commercial software is great. Look at the Jetbrains products. They make many open source IDEs feel janky, broken, and non-cohesive in comparison. Some problems aren't solved eloquently by being loosely community owned; sometimes you need a paid, focused group.
AndyNemmity 10y ago
That's not true either, commercial software is alive and well. Some things take a ton of resources and developers thrown at it, and commercial software has that advantage at times.
abakker 10y ago
I certainly don't want or expect all software to be free, though. OS,sure, but when software gets specialized, I'd rather have its commercial incentives aligned to deliver the specific value I need. I.e. id rather pay for what I get out of Adobe than try to use GIMP.
lgieron 10y ago
> Free software is the future. The benefits to mankind are too great. Ending all wars is the future. The benefits to mankind are too great.

ryanackley 10y ago

Reality check: commercial software is bigger than ever. It's also not a dichotomy. Most commercial software relies on open source for various components.

kordless 10y ago

We need a business model that makes sense for Open Source developers. Likely pinned to a blockchain for deployments, service updates, support, etc.

jclulow 10y ago
We need to stop trying to jam block chains into everything.
- jacquesm 10y ago
  Especially when it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

flyinglizard 10y ago

This is exactly the point of the article: software becomes commoditized, what matters is the customer outcome.

morgante 10y ago

> how long can the corporate marketplace defy the will of the people who fuel the market? How can you claim that it's the will of all developers to be unemployed?

icebraining 10y ago
Still this nonsense? Lots of people make a living writing FOSS, and that's with the competition of non-FOSS companies. As long as there's a demand for more software, there will be jobs for all the developers needed to write it.

Ros2 10y ago

The market continues to do a lot of culling, yes, but some commercial software is great. Look at the Jetbrains products. They make many open source IDEs feel janky, broken, and non-cohesive in comparison. Some problems aren't solved eloquently by being loosely community owned; sometimes you need a paid, focused group.

AndyNemmity 10y ago

That's not true either, commercial software is alive and well. Some things take a ton of resources and developers thrown at it, and commercial software has that advantage at times.

abakker 10y ago

I certainly don't want or expect all software to be free, though. OS,sure, but when software gets specialized, I'd rather have its commercial incentives aligned to deliver the specific value I need. I.e. id rather pay for what I get out of Adobe than try to use GIMP.

lgieron 10y ago

> Free software is the future. The benefits to mankind are too great. Ending all wars is the future. The benefits to mankind are too great.