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This is pretty silly. There is no technology to bet. Nobody bet money on Linux or Android. They just happened. These things are not money problems... They a
by mindfulplay 8y ago
This is pretty silly.
There is no technology to bet. Nobody bet money on Linux or Android.
They just happened.
These things are not money problems...
They are people problems: greed, stupidity and thinking they are better than the average Joe or Jane.
- SlowRobotAhead 8y agoWell... surely you could make the point that as android was starting “to happen” money did get involved and cemented that. Samsung, LG, Sony, etc did spend big to support Android early on.
- angel_j 8y agoDevelopers bet expensive time and professional standing on Linux. Google bet billions on Android.
- all2 8y agoTechnology doesn't just 'happen'. Someone has to foot the bill (sign at the bottom).
- mindfulplay 8y agoThe point is that these things are free already. There is nothing to invest. Linux took the creativity and hard work of several people. Nobody involved in it actually got richer as you might imagine people did with shitcoins... People are investing into cryptocrapto like it is some fintech.
- hanniabu 8y agoIt is fintech. Since they carry utility it intrinsically has value. Since thousands are unique that value is amplified. If the was a limited number of linux images and they could not be copied, you would see them carry a value.
- nostrademons 8y ago"Linux took the creativity and hard work of several people. Nobody involved in it actually got richer as you might imagine people did with shitcoins..." Not necessarily true. Both RedHat & VA Linux gifted Linus Torvalds with stock during the dot-com boom, enough for him to become independently wealthy.