Re:Penpot: Open-source design and prototyping platform
by mixmastamyk on Thursday September 15, 2022 @01:58PM
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Lost in the noise when the community is large enough.
Re:Penpot: Open-source design and prototyping platform
by bolt7469 on Thursday September 15, 2022 @02:17PM
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I'd appreciate it if you could provide some evidence for your claim that comparative advantage is "lost in the noise."
Efficient allocation of scarce resources is best achieved with comparative advantages. A commercial software team has shared context, management, and knowledge that cannot be as efficiently achieved by a decentralized community of contributors. So the commercial team can produce the same software at a cheaper cost. This is a good thing for the economy.
Re:Penpot: Open-source design and prototyping platform
by mixmastamyk on Thursday September 15, 2022 @05:06PM
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Design tools are a multi-billion dollar market in just the US, and useful worldwide. Potential resources are not even a bit scarce.
Figma already did the hard work of prod/tech design and fixing browsers, meaning followers will have a much easier path. https://madebyevan.com/figma/building-a-professional-design-...
The same short-term thinking has been espoused at the dawn of every innovation. Thankfully some folks don’t listen.
10 companies each contracting 1 dev for an open-source project is a less-efficient allocation of resources than 1 company hiring 10 devs for their commercial software project.