That's very true and I think that it's related to the topic of Rich Hickey's talk Simple Made Easy [1]. Maybe what we need is to study the economics of softwar

That's very true and I think that it's related to the topic of Rich Hickey's talk Simple Made Easy [1]. Maybe what we need is to study the economics of software and come up with a system in which market outcome is promotion of good libraries. I think that the social/economic dynamics of software development play a huge role in building a successful product, both free and commercial. Has anyone studied the subject in greater detail? [1] http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy