The Simple Economics of Open Source

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In article <1255227918-2015166 at hypernet.com>,
  gmcm at hypernet.com wrote:
> Terry Reedy wrote:
>
> >
> > "Gordon McMillan" <gmcm at hypernet.com> wrote in message
> > news:1255272357-
> >
> > > One of those open source delusions is that being open source
> > > somehow makes a difference to the end consumer. Bunk.
> >
> > Whether most consumers yet know it or not, there is all the
> > difference in the world.
>
> Of course there is; all your points are correct. But no end user
> will read the source and discover the bug / trojan horse /
> whatever. It's another developer that will.
>
> My point was that to the end user, those files are a waste of
> disk space. They get value from the fact that it's open
> sourced, not from the source.
>
> - Gordon
>
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