Open-source and the demise of proprietary software (2018)

Re:Open-source and the demise of proprietary software (2018) by robenkleene on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @03:01PM (#21874518)

So you’re saying everything except “operating systems, development tools, databases and other infrastructure stuff” is “niche software”? I’m not following, e.g., that would make Google and Facebook niche software?

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Re:Open-source and the demise of proprietary software (2018) by nine_k on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @03:27PM (#21874678)

They are extremely niche in a sense. There are very few other search engines (all much smaller), and there's no another Facebook.

The market just naturally gravitates to the biggest player.

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Re:Open-source and the demise of proprietary software (2018) by robenkleene on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @03:44PM (#21874776)

What's the definition of niche being used here? I'd define it as software that's only relevant to a small percentage of the population (i.e., that obviously wouldn't include Facebook and Google).

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Re:Open-source and the demise of proprietary software (2018) by whelsemin on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @03:11AM (#21877541)

"extremely focused?"

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Re:Open-source and the demise of proprietary software (2018) by wizzwizz4 on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @04:22PM (#21875000)

It does include Facebook and Google, because Facebook and Google do not make up a large proportion of the population.

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