• BorgDrone@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    The programmers who wrote the code were already paid, this argument doesn’t really hold up.

    They can be paid because the company they work for charges money for what they produce.

    The programmers who wrote the code were already paid, this argument doesn’t really hold up.

    The idea that all, or even most, software should be open source is also ridiculous.

    I think OSS is great, but it’s mainly suitable for a specific class of software. Specifically: software that everyone needs and where there is no point in having a lot of different implementations. If something is needed by everyone, then everyone should pitch in share the cost and effort. Take operating systems: everyone needs a general purpose OS, so having something like Linux makes sense. Everyone needs a HTML rendering engine, so that also makes sense as an OSS project. More specific software with a small target audience is better suited as closed software.

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      1 year ago

      I think OSS is great, but it’s mainly suitable for a specific class of software. Specifically: software that everyone needs and where there is no point in having a lot of different implementations.

      Tell me you don’t understand OSS without telling me you don’t understand OSS.

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        1 year ago

        So if I need to have some very specific software developed for my company, why would that need to be OSS?