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No doubt, biotech will be "eaten" by software. But the crowded market of biotech software has many viable open source alternatives. Besides, many tools have bee
by Irene 13y ago
No doubt, biotech will be "eaten" by software. But the crowded market of biotech software has many viable open source alternatives. Besides, many tools have been developed or are being developed by established companies.
Yet, I don't see much evidence of growth. Looks like 'play money' for investors.
- rottencupcakes 13y agoYou could have said all these things about Dropbox. "The crowded market of backup software has many viable open source alternatives. Besides, many tools have been developed or are being developed by established companies."
- Irene 13y agoTrue, but Dropbox started from winning geeky hearts - and there are far more geeks than gainfully employed biologists. I am open to sharing ideas offline - and rich experiences on why the ones that tried have not succeeded so far. Good comment anyway.