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Why Linux-Users are Software Pirates.
- rcfox 16y agoThe author obviously missed out on the Humble Indie Bundle (http://www.wolfire.com/humble http://www.wolfire.com/humble) just recently. There was another game from a year or two ago that found that more people bought Linux versions than Windows. I can't remember what that game was though.
- GrandMasterBirt 16y agoThe author obviously missed the ENTIRE POINT OF OSS! The idea is you don't charge people for the CODE, or the compiled code, etc. You charge people consulting. And it works. My co workers found good OSS, and guess what? They hired the people who wrote it for a project, and those people delivered as expected. How did emacs oss shit start? The guy made an OSS editor, and said I will customize it to your company's needs for my fees, and you just have to accept that my changes will all be oss. And if I do something cool for someone else you get those changes too. Thats the point. You think Linus is having trouble finding a high-enough paying job? HA! The only thing this DOES mean though, is that those who "don't do" can't really make the money on software. Unless they bring value to developers by helping the devs get work, work together, etc. If all you have is 10 lines of golden code and that is something someone else wrote and u can't do shit with it, then you have nothing because everyone has those 10 golden lines. Yet if you have the person who wrote them you have a competitive advantage.
- macco 16y agoWhat has open source software to do with consulting? What kind of consulting can you do if you are a developer for the Gimp?
- numeromancer 16y agoHe must be right! He uses so many exclamation marks!! Wow!!!
- mooism2 16y agoBy that logic, we're all pirates for reading his blog without paying.