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by aklofas 15y ago
Hmm. I would have to disagree with Atwood. Most software development is still on the desktop. That is to say, there is still a very, very large sector of chip designers, robotics, medical devices, embedded systems, aircraft/spacecraft/cars/
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by aklofas 15y ago
I am very proud of my influence: http://tweetstats.com/graphs/andrewklofas
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by aklofas 15y ago
I'm not saying that forced scarcity is a bad thing. What I'm trying to say is that, if you take a project/business open source, forced scarcity is no longer a viable strategy (you know, the whole free as in freedom not as in beer thing). Th
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by aklofas 15y ago
Sounds like someone is mad that his brilliant code didn't get the attention he thought it deserved. There, there. Sorry you're lonely. Maybe your code is just sh t?
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by aklofas 15y ago
I'm not saying that, that quote is out of context. I was referring to the classic business model as applied to open source, not in general. As long as there is forced scarcity (FARTS--Forced ARTificial Scarcity) in software, there'll be peo
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by aklofas 15y ago
I have a couple of friends that work at Mozilla. They are indeed getting paid, have always gotten paid, and (in all likelihoods) will continue getting paid. You are probably referring to the Bugs for Cash thing they did. And a quick google
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by aklofas 15y ago
http://www.technobuffalo.com/internet/how-does-the-mozilla-f... While true, your claim that nobody makes money with open source is false. The classic business model of selling IP doesn't work anymore, but there are other models out there.
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by aklofas 15y ago
See: Mozilla Foundation