I think it's better to think of OSS as commoditizing infrastructure. OSS hasn't been very successful at developing finished, end-user applications and there is

I think it's better to think of OSS as commoditizing infrastructure. OSS hasn't been very successful at developing finished, end-user applications and there is still a healthy market for polished, professional apps. Honestly I think the bigger threat to the indie developer is big companies dumping products on the market at rock-bottom prices and making up the difference with ads and addons. When everybody is used to paying a dollar for Angry Birds it's very difficult to charge a more reasonable price for other software.