Re:CERN migrates to open-source technologies
by usefulcat on Thursday July 25, 2019 @04:12PM
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> Now the government both has the power and incentive to hinder private companies with rules and regulations.
What incentive? In the scenario you describe, I don't see an obvious mechanism for the government to receive additional tax revenue as a result of funding OSS, and that's the usual mechanism for such an incentive.
I mean, I guess you could argue that tax revenues will tend to increase as the economy grows, but that seems like a case where the interests of the government are aligned with the interests of the nation(s) as a whole, which is generally considered a good thing.
What incentive? In the scenario you describe, I don't see an obvious mechanism for the government to receive additional tax revenue as a result of funding OSS, and that's the usual mechanism for such an incentive.
I mean, I guess you could argue that tax revenues will tend to increase as the economy grows, but that seems like a case where the interests of the government are aligned with the interests of the nation(s) as a whole, which is generally considered a good thing.