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You’re right that these OS projects can and do destroy the competitive market for their space, but critically they are both free (as in beer and often as in fre
by llbeansandrice 4y ago
You’re right that these OS projects can and do destroy the competitive market for their space, but critically they are both free (as in beer and often as in freedom as well) and open. Their reason for being free is not for market capture to destroy competition and then drive up prices.
Amazon bundling a service and providing it at reduced cost to capture the market is neither free nor is it open.