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Open source is devaluing developers' salaries. Why would a company pay an engineer with a college degree to build something, when they can get it for free and
by rick888 16y ago
Open source is devaluing developers' salaries.
Why would a company pay an engineer with a college degree to build something, when they can get it for free and hire a software mechanic to make changes? It also makes it much easier to farm jobs out to countries like India and the Philippines.
- ericmoritz 16y agobecause you can't get specifically what you want from a open source project unless you own that project.
- rick888 16y agoIf you aren't selling it, you can. Most businesses aren't selling software.