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Open Source Economics and Why IBM Is Winning
driehle writes "In an article published in IEEE Computer magazine I recently looked at the economics of open source. I argue that large system integrators will do best and that open source startups will keep struggling. For developers, open source creates independence and new career paths as committers, while non-committers will fall on hard times. The race is on!"
Whoever commits to OS projects is likely more involved in the whole process than an outsider who simply tries to skim off some of the profit. As a customer I'd rather spend my money on a company that is involved in committing to what I pay for. After all developers tend to know best what they have done so far.
No, actually, I think Stallman is a good counter-balance to the 'earn money at all costs' types out there. His extremism balances out the other extreme and let's us normal people see both sides of the equation more clearly.
I may not like the man, and I may not like his zealotry, but when looked at as a piece of the whole, he needs to be there.
"If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you." - DM