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Tetris Creator Claims FOSS Destroys the Market

Posted by kdawson on from the sterile-absentia dept.

alx5000 writes "In an interview conducted last week with Consumer Eroski (link in Spanish; Google translation), the father of Tetris Alexey Pajitnov claimed that 'Free Software should have never existed,' since it 'destroys the market' by bringing down companies that create wealth and prosperity. When asked about Red Hat or Oracle's support-oriented model, he called them 'a minority,' and also criticized Stallman's ideas as 'belonging to the past' where there were no software 'business possibilities.'"

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  1. closed source is the criminal, not open source by wikinerd · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Closed source software should have never existed. It's a mentality of the past, before people had the Internet and the possibilities to collaborate so efficiently through it. Not only that, but closed source software also harms the market for free software.

  2. Re:Missing tag by OeLeWaPpErKe · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Actually, ever tried to create some shareware in this FOSS climate ? You should try it before making blanket statements like that.