Comment Growing Up (Score 1) 127
An idea: if every software programmer and company gave their products away for free, the software industry would be a poor one.
If no one gave their products away for free, and software products were of value to others, software producers would earn wealth to build better products.
Anything that promotes the former idea of free products reduces the funds available for the creation of new ideas and products.
Mixing for sale and free is a concession to less innovation. People will buy things, and pay for them to be produced, if they value them. Giving them away for free is not a stimulant to innovation. If anything it promotes organizations who have another source for their revenues (the government) at the expense of autonomous individuals and companies. Making money is the best way to stimulate innovation.
If no one gave their products away for free, and software products were of value to others, software producers would earn wealth to build better products.
Anything that promotes the former idea of free products reduces the funds available for the creation of new ideas and products.
Mixing for sale and free is a concession to less innovation. People will buy things, and pay for them to be produced, if they value them. Giving them away for free is not a stimulant to innovation. If anything it promotes organizations who have another source for their revenues (the government) at the expense of autonomous individuals and companies. Making money is the best way to stimulate innovation.
