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The Implications Of Software Commodity?

Posted by simoniker on from the the-sun-never-sets dept.

comforteagle writes "David Stutz has written elegant piece over at OSDir.com titled 'Some Implications of Software Commoditization'. It explores the concept of commodification in a historical context while also seeking to discover lessons that might be applied to contemporary open source business efforts. David gets extra points in my books for including sugar, Shakespeare, open source, MP3s, and the British Empire in one article."

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  1. Ooh, extra points, I want some! by thelenm · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everyone knows that Shakespeare (who was a sugar freak) would have released his work as Open Source in an MP3 format if the British Empire hadn't stopped him.

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  2. One SENTENCE! by Milo+Fungus · · Score: 4, Funny

    simoniker really just wanted to one-up David Stutz by including sugar, Shakespeare, open source, MP3s, and the British Empire in one SENTENCE! Is there a special karma bonus for that?

    (Hey! I just did it too! Can I have the karma bonus as well? Nevermind the karma. Just visit my website and support the Creative Commons.)

  3. Oh yeah? new form of karma whoring by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    David gets extra points in my books for including sugar, Shakespeare, open source, MP3s, and the British Empire in one article.

    "To MP3 or not to MP3, that is the question:
    Whether 'tis GNUer in the mind to suffer
    The slings and arrows of outrageous coffee with no sugar
    ..."

    Okay, do I get points now?

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    1. Re:Oh yeah? new form of karma whoring by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Alas poor Yorick! I GNU him, Horatio.

  4. After reading the article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    If I see the word "commodity" one more time today, I am going to puke.

  5. Re:of course.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The problem really is that the act of copying a piece of software is terribly easy and costs: The price of the electricity used to run the devices doing the copying plus the cost of wear and tear on the device plus the cost of the media used to store the new copy plus the cost of wear and tear on the media.

    You forgot that every time you copy software illegally, an angel gets his wings ripped off and baby jesus cries (for 3 hours.)