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Why would you presume that? There's plenty of proprietary software to test this assumption against: Microsoft sells it, Oracle sells it, IBM sells it. Are the
by samatman 3y ago
Why would you presume that?
There's plenty of proprietary software to test this assumption against: Microsoft sells it, Oracle sells it, IBM sells it.
Are their wares simple?
- cperciva 3y agoThe authors are talking about a counterfactual of companies building software internally, not buying it from a publisher.
- ensignavenger 3y agoThere wares have to meet the needs of a diverse customer base. Custom software developed for in house use only needs to implement the features you need. Though without OSS, I suspect a lot of companies would opt for purchasing off the shelf solutions, which would quite possibly be a worse fit than the OSS solutions. Or, they may just go without.