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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Err:But here you switched to rentability question... Of course, game industry is here to make money ... of course, Doom3, Half-life 2, Warcraft3 are sequels. Some sells millions of copy so may be not your kind of game, but there is a public for it and that's all it matters. But if you want to argue about "real" innovation, what is innovation for you ?? give us an example of (recent) software innovation ... Windows did not innovate in the last 10 years...assuming win95 was innovation (!!), except for eye candy.
Close source developpement is not the necessary mean to innovate. Possible sure, necessary no.