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You argued with yourself, and lost.
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Still on other occasions you seem to rail against the idea of individuals spending time and effort on this project, and as you say "Not being paid" for their efforts. Still I have yet to hear from any of these so called abused people's. If they are happy in doing what they are doing...why your concern? Also I tend to believe that they are paid in one form or another, but I will admit I'm not farmiliar with this issue.

Being unfamiliar with the issue does reduce confidence in your conclusions.

Think about the issue this way: some work can be done either for free or from an individual who is being paid. A company decides to take the free work and lay off the paid individual.
This is the net impact of Linux/open source on employment.

Yes, if innovative software were being created by Linux/open source there'd be new jobs to replace the ones lost. But Linux/open source is so far settling for being a limited imitation of proprietary software.

Linux and employment: All pain, no gain.

Okay, maybe some places haven't switched to Microsoft that would have otherwise. But that's not worth many lost jobs and reduced salaries.
Posted by: Anton Philidor   Posted on: 06/01/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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