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Plenty of closed source software packages are extensible and scriptable. The entire 3D modeling industry is a great example.
by dcrazy 1y ago
Plenty of closed source software packages are extensible and scriptable. The entire 3D modeling industry is a great example.
- rowanG077 1y agoOnly up to a point. There is a ton of scenarios where you simply run up to the API limitations.
- Mbwagava 1y agoWhy haven't people bludgeoned them into opening their software if its so useful? This is inevitable; in fact you could measure the long-term efficiency of an industry by how quickly this happens. Movie studios are famously bad at spending money (yes there are exceptions, but they can be counted on one hand).
- dcrazy 1y agoBecause most people are much more concerned about doing their jobs than having access to source code they aren’t going to look at, much less modify.