Linked by David Adams on Mon 16th Aug 2004 17:44 UTC
I read something in one of the comments for an OSNews posting a couple weeks ago that sent me thinking. It wasn't an original or profound thought. In fact, it's a rather commonly-held opinion that happens to be quite misguided. It's an opinion summed up by the "open source = communist" meme that gets thrown around in thousands of flamewars all over the internet. In this essay, I will explore why this idea is wrong and demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of economics.
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"i see microsofts profit margin and i see that something is dead wrong. they suck away money that all the companies could put to good use for other stuff. "
Riddle me this Batman! Who or what made Microsoft what it is today? I will give you the answer...consumers like you and me. Want to talk expensive software? take a look at the licensing cost difference between NT and Novell circa early 1990's for roughly the same functionality and you will see why Microsoft is as big as it is today and why Novell and others went into obscurity. Novell and other companies chose to maintain the old expensive software lock in business model rather than compete head to head with Microsoft on price vs features/performance.