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The reason why originally software was free is that there were no software companies, only hardware companies shipping software with their hardware. It’s good t
by yakubin 4y ago
The reason why originally software was free is that there were no software companies, only hardware companies shipping software with their hardware. It’s good to think whether you’d have a job in that world.
- fnordpiglet 4y agoWell that’s not entirely true. A lot of software was academic. And, yes, I would. It wasn’t a world that paid well, but for those interested (and there were few) there was a lot of demand. But the pay was like that of an accountant. When I grew up it wasn’t a greatly enriching career but a stable one and I never doubted from five I would do this. I was lucky to land at Netscape at the start of the current modern software gold rush ride.