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Maybe I've spent too much time being brainwashed by FOSS advocates, but #6 (Software’s primary function is to earn profit) made my stomach lurch. I agree, profi
by 5hoom 15y ago
Maybe I've spent too much time being brainwashed by FOSS advocates, but #6 (Software’s primary function is to earn profit) made my stomach lurch. I agree, profit is the _company's_ primary function.
There are profitable companies out there who publish free software. Lets not go advising the younglings that the entire software world must be locked-up & proprietary.
- tenpoundhammer 15y agoIf a company is a software company isn't the goal of the software to create profits for the company? Even a company that provides free software needs to make money... One way or another. I'm confused on how this couldn't be the case? Also I don't think I mentioned locked-up or proprietary. I was hinting more that software decisions often had to fall in line with business decisions.