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Agreed on everything except the assertion that people don't buy support or consulting. Sure they do, just maybe not at the scales the author would like? Depends
by ghusto 4y ago
Agreed on everything except the assertion that people don't buy support or consulting. Sure they do, just maybe not at the scales the author would like? Depends how much you're happy with.
But the bait and switch, and the retail "loss leader" practices? Hundred percent. He gave some good examples, but some others you might not have thought about are Google and Chrome, and Microsoft and VSCode.
We're already approaching Chrome being your only choice, and what do you think Google will do on that day?
Much more difficult to get to is VSCode being the only game in town, but I can imagine it being the only one that matters at some point.
- madeofpalk 4y agoI think VS Code's popularity has very little with it being open source. Indeed, many of the components that makes up the distribution of VS Code people use are closed source. Would it be better if VS Code was completely closed source?
- ghusto 4y agoFrom the perspective of the Open Source community, you mean? I'd say yes. At least then people would know upfront what the game is, and maybe it wouldn't attract certain users. Same with his Android example. It's _technically_ open source, but not for most practical cases (similarly with VSCode, there's a version you can download right now that's fully open source, it's just not very practical).
- madeofpalk 4y agoI think things like LineageOS and other android forks have proven that there are benefits for Android being open source.
- solomatov 4y agoCould you tell which of the many components are closed source?
- pxc 4y agoChrome and VSCode are both proprietary software, though VSCode is arguably 'more' so.