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How Not To Sell Linux Products
An anonymous reader writes "Roblimo looks at why so many Linux products fail in the marketplace, and decides it's not because Linux users want everything free, but because most products they're asked to buy are either poorly marketed or don't work well. He has some good advice for anyone trying to sell stuff to Linux users, except it really applies to *all* computer products, not just Linux." (NewsForge and Slashdot are both part of OSDN.)
On the other hand, there are those that think that things produce and those that think people produce.
Obviously, it takes some combination of the two to produce. Socialists tend to emphasize the former, and capitalists the latter, because in general it strengthens their political stance.
In general in the U.S., people who work more have more. Perhaps this trend is not followed as closely as some people would like, but it does work to some degree. Also, in general in the U.S., people who work do not find themselves very poor, and by "very poor" I mean they aren't poor by the standards of most other places in the world.
But nope, it's not perfect.
Social scientists are inspired by theories; scientists are humbled by facts.