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See also Joel Sposky’s take on the economics of open source software: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/ https://www.joelonsoftware.co
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 4y ago
See also Joel Sposky’s take on the economics of open source software: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/
- invalidname 4y agoThat's a classic. A lot of things have changed though.
- froh 4y agowhich of these things that have changed go against commoditizing the complement?
- invalidname 4y agoThe core concept hasn't changed. We have a lot more data about what works and what doesn't. Back in 2002 funding for development tool companies and open source companies was non-existent. Git or github didn't exist. Things changed.
- scombridae 4y agoHere's one (an example of what's changed): easy for software to commoditize hardware... hard for hardware to commoditize software. (Spolsky 2002) Linus effectively killed the golden goose of writing OSs, a super-difficult task that deservedly propelled Gates and Allen to the stars. All it takes is a college kid and a laptop to ship software. I wouldn't know where to start building and shipping chips and circuit boards. And that's why Azure, not Office, is where Microsoft's placing its bets.
- mistrial9 4y ago2002
- spookie 4y agoYou can't explain everything that happens in the open source through such a focused view. It might work for some cases, relatively few though.