[dba-Tech] For web developers

OK, but you refer to someone trying to limit or eliminate competition and then also said that you believed Apple and Microsoft are trying to kill off other browsers, but you did not elaborate.

- Hans


On 2013-01-29, at 6:02 PM, "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Hans:
> 
> I would never advocate a domination of one product or another but the
> situation that existed with Microsoft holding 95 percent of the computer
> market was not a health one...innovation slowed and basically stopped and
> when the company arbitrarily choose a direction, it did not necessarily
> support its loyal techs or its customers.
> 
> Neither, would I consider the OSS market as the only alternative or should
> we expect that this section of the market be free. Making donations toward
> keeping a product available, through various startups or via direct
> donations should become more of an obligation and a responsibility. OTOH,
> many large businesses sponsor various OSS products for the purposes of
> extending knowledge of their own premium products, gaining access to cutting
> edge of creativity, innovation and being able to create profit centers using
> product support and custom designs. So hardly are these OSS products
> development just a write-off or charity; they are more like a low cost
> Research and Development centers.
> 
> The healthiest market is one where there are numerous products each capable
> of making a good profit with opportunities for all. For all its ups and
> downs the last few years have been one of the best market cycles for a long
> time. The downside is there is no obvious and clear direction that a tech
> should follow as any path is uncertain.
> 
> Jim 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian
> Andersen
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 3:49 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] For web developers
> 
> I do not subscribe to this theory. I'm a big open source advocate, but I do
> not think its a good idea for open source to dominate the world. There is a
> role for proprietary software, which is to be the premium product that
> customers are willing to pay for. The point of open source is to be the
> counter balance to proprietary software, so that we so not end up with a
> monopoly situation, like we had with Microsoft and Oracle etc, because
> monopolies are highly inefficient and ends up stagnating, while trying to
> extract every last dime that it can. That is what corporations do. They
> can't help it. They have a fedutiary responsibility to make more money.
> 
> And that's why you need that counter balance, because what incentive do
> these companies then have to continue investing in R&D and making their
> products better once they have cornered the market?
> 
> If Apple does not continue to provide the best experience for consumers and
> stagnate, then people will switch over to the next best thing.
> 
> And, keep in mind that the open source world has its fiefdoms as well and is
> also prone to being used as a means to an end. Sure, android is open source,
> but google is not an open source company. They open sourced android as a
> means of getting market share, but don't ever expect them to open spice
> their search engine and google ads. ha!
> 
> 
> - Hans
> 
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