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If you've a world-beating compression algorithm a la Pied Piper, you keep it closed source. If you're like everyone else just making doughnuts, you've really n
by jimmyvalmer 5y ago
If you've a world-beating compression algorithm a la Pied Piper, you keep it
closed source. If you're like everyone else just making doughnuts, you've
really no choice but open-source since you're competing on marketing, not technicals.
- coretx 5y agoNo one ever made money on Xtool or Uharc and as we near the theoretical math limits, matching the use case becomes more important than the algorithm. Inferior rar and winzip became widespread due to piracy and cashed in on the corporate clients. At the end of the day, the person who pays calls the shots, not the person on the receiving end; unless it's a monopolist... Oh, and by the way, in case of the market doughnuts are in people usually do indirectly make money on keeping the _amounts_ of the ingredients secret such as playing with the amount of butter used versus the sales price since consumers/intermediaries don't experience it the way you ( as the person selling it ) feel it in your wallet.