Re:Who does that server really serve? (2010)
by nexuist on Monday October 28, 2019 @05:57PM
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FOSS already has the largest competitive advantage - it is literally free and accessible to anyone who has access to a computer.
That paid solutions still manage to trump many FOSS programs tells me that people value their time more than their money, and FOSS developers ought to work to develop software that takes a lot less time to do things with.
We can do both.
> Well, this depends on quite a lot of factors you're leaving out. How do you leave your house without a car?
The point is that if everyone does something in lockstep, e.g. via taxation or simply an agreement, then these solutions gain pressure to arise.
So again, we can do both. If ICE cars were taxed more heavily then a ton of investment naturally flows into alternative fuels, bus services, etc because suddenly there's an enormous competitive advantage.