Comments on: Curry and the impending doom http://www.lixo.org/archives/2005/02/03/curry-and-the-impending-doom/ letting the problem solve itself Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:00:43 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Carlos E. Perez http://www.lixo.org/archives/2005/02/03/curry-and-the-impending-doom/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Carlos E. Perez Fri, 04 Feb 2005 12:05:01 +0000 http://www.lixo.org/archives/2005/02/03/curry-and-the-impending-doom/#comment-7 It thought about this a little bit. It's interesting that the Java community strives towards openess that ultimately leads to commoditization. That is the exact opposite of the Cobol folks who drive towards job security and information obscurity. In the grand scheme of things the Java folks will of course be more effective, however from the local point of view, it'll be tough to claim that you're indispensible. Open Source, where software is a commodity leads to the situation that the only way to make money is through your own development capabilities. That is the limit, you make money only on your perceived abilities and not on something you can print on a CDROM. Since you can't replicate yourself, then you can see why there's a limit to your growth. Bill Gates is rich because he can replicate his product, unless open source can figure out how to replicate people then they'll always be limited to physical boundaries. It thought about this a little bit. It’s interesting that the Java community strives towards openess that ultimately leads to commoditization. That is the exact opposite of the Cobol folks who drive towards job security and information obscurity. In the grand scheme of things the Java folks will of course be more effective, however from the local point of view, it’ll be tough to claim that you’re indispensible.

Open Source, where software is a commodity leads to the situation that the only way to make money is through your own development capabilities. That is the limit, you make money only on your perceived abilities and not on something you can print on a CDROM. Since you can’t replicate yourself, then you can see why there’s a limit to your growth. Bill Gates is rich because he can replicate his product, unless open source can figure out how to replicate people then they’ll always be limited to physical boundaries.

]]> By: Sam Newman http://www.lixo.org/archives/2005/02/03/curry-and-the-impending-doom/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Sam Newman Thu, 03 Feb 2005 10:05:13 +0000 http://www.lixo.org/archives/2005/02/03/curry-and-the-impending-doom/#comment-5 I heard a stat the other day that said BEA make in 8 hours what JBoss makes in a year. You also have to ask yourself what market sectors JBoss has penetration in, and where they are being used, how widely are they being used? I heard a stat the other day that said BEA make in 8 hours what JBoss makes in a year. You also have to ask yourself what market sectors JBoss has penetration in, and where they are being used, how widely are they being used?

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