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Open source software dramatically increases the value a for-profit developer can create. If key OSS did not exist, it would not be recreated at every company,
by nwsm 5y ago
Open source software dramatically increases the value a for-profit developer can create.
If key OSS did not exist, it would not be recreated at every company, that would be too expensive. Instead the job would be deemed impossible. Maybe the SWE still has a job, but the value they can create is much reduced.
- djmips 5y agoInteresting take. I hadn't thought about that aspect before. Personally I'd thought more along the lines of highly competent people making valuable software for free might devalue software in general and salaries along with that. I do think a lot more work went into re-inventing the wheel before and there was a lot more work to go around in core technologies. It still happens but less so with open source or commercial tech that becomes industry standard.