The Future of the Software Industry

madro writes "Remember 'Does IT Matter?' a while ago? Nicholas Carr is back with an editorial in today's New York Times following Microsoft's decision to dramatically reduce its cash stash. Carr's take: Microsoft is admitting it can't find better uses for its cash, due to the growing maturation of the software industry. No mention of open source, although Apple's consumer-targeted model of free iTunes driving iPod demand is one listed alternative." Reader CodeArtisan submits another piece about Microsoft's loot distribution, and Newsforge (which is part of OSDN along with Slashdot) has a story about the future of commodity software.

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Re:nice insight

[strictnein]

Look, you twitwad, I'd rather tax those who have some capital that can make some gains, or who has a ton of estate to be taxed -- than have them tax me who doesn't have either

Yeah! Let's take from those who have worked hard their whole lives and give it to those that haven't! Why again does the government have a right to tax the same money twice? And of course you'd rather have someone else taxed instead of you. I'd rather pay no taxes, but have all the people in the state of Georgia, who I will never meet, taxed at twice the normal rate!

Let the tax rate on capital gains and dividents soar! I don't pay it. And most people making less than 50K a year don't pay it.

Let's stifle the economy! Most of those "upper class" people actually reinvest the money they earn into the companies they own and run. The stereotype of the lazy millionaire is just as false as any other stereotype. Read The Millionaire Next Door and discover who America's real millionaires are (hint: they're not the people with the $600,000 homes, they don't like caviar, and they'd prefer a bud over champagne). Go to Amazon, you can read a couple of the pages in that book. Now tell me we should be taxing these people more? Give me a break.