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> "An operating system is a living thing," said Carl Shapiro, an economist at the University of California at Berkeley and a co-author of "Information Rules," a
by et2o 7y ago
> "An operating system is a living thing," said Carl Shapiro, an economist at the University of California at Berkeley and a co-author of "Information Rules," a book to be published this week by the Harvard Business School Press. "Ongoing investment and upgrades are essential to attract customers. Nice cooperative thoughts are not enough."
Typical economist thinking. Linux will never work.
- ls612 7y agoHe wasn’t wrong though. Linux has flourished because many different entities have invested a lot of money in its development, not just because of “nice cooperative thoughts”.
- dredmorbius 7y agoHis co-author, Hal Varian, has been Google's chief economist since 2002. https://www.gv.com/team/hal-varian/ https://www.gv.com/team/hal-varian/