I guess humans have an innate need to champion something to the detriment of its rivals.
No they don't. They... uhm... we need something that will make it clear that we... uhmm... sorry mates... I do have the most massive equipment just after whales. It is not about technology...
It is and the main idea is to have choice, GPL 3 is another _option_ and some people have to accept that they have another one. it is an option, good one, the one somebody put a lot of effort in. Ok, it does not bring a pizza but nobody said we have to use it.
cheers
drKorb
Economic interests are not only about money. They are about cost.
Cost can also be time, work done or not...etc.
IMHO not really. Economists/analysts and those who pay them are intrested in profit maximisation or cost minimisation. In terms of software utility maximisation is the most important factor which should be taken into consideration by developers/management/etc.
FOSS gives chance for creating software package which fits ones needs much better than any 'off-the-shelf' package and customizing process is cheaper than in case of contracted project. It's all about monopoly/market/use value of application as a tool and as a product.Cost is not so important, as long as ratio of marginal utility of application and cost of 'piece' of development (man-day, whatever) is high enough money should be spent even if it means that particular project becomes less profitable.
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I guess humans have an innate need to champion something to the detriment of its rivals.
No they don't. They... uhm... we need something that will make it clear that we... uhmm... sorry mates... I do have the most massive equipment just after whales. It is not about technology...
It is and the main idea is to have choice, GPL 3 is another _option_ and some people have to accept that they have another one. it is an option, good one, the one somebody put a lot of effort in. Ok, it does not bring a pizza but nobody said we have to use it. cheers drKorb
Economic interests are not only about money. They are about cost. Cost can also be time, work done or not...etc.
IMHO not really. Economists/analysts and those who pay them are intrested in profit maximisation or cost minimisation. In terms of software utility maximisation is the most important factor which should be taken into consideration by developers/management/etc.
FOSS gives chance for creating software package which fits ones needs much better than any 'off-the-shelf' package and customizing process is cheaper than in case of contracted project. It's all about monopoly/market/use value of application as a tool and as a product.Cost is not so important, as long as ratio of marginal utility of application and cost of 'piece' of development (man-day, whatever) is high enough money should be spent even if it means that particular project becomes less profitable.