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> We think its impact should be to give everyone economic freedom to pursue what they find most fulfilling, creating new opportunities for all of our lives that
by dkersten 7y ago
> We think its impact should be to give everyone economic freedom to pursue what they find most fulfilling, creating new opportunities for all of our lives that are unimaginable today.
The cynic in me thinks this will never happen, that instead it will make a small subset of the population super rich, while the rest are put to work somewhere to make them even more money. Microsoft will ultimately want a return on their billion, at least.
- TaylorAlexander 7y agoWell, the super rich getting richer is the status quo, so I kind of feel like nothing much changes if this never happens. Now, riding that happy PR wave and failing to deliver would be lame, but perhaps they really believe this. I think it will depend entirely on how much really gets open sourced in the end. I want to believe they’ll really do it.
- stevens32 7y agoOpen sourcing still may not level the playing field if it turns out it requires corporate (or state) level resources to operate