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That's a classic. A lot of things have changed though.

• froh 4y ago
  which of these things that have changed go against commoditizing the complement?
  • invalidname 4y ago
    The 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 ago
    Here'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.