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[Max Blanco]

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Byron Sonne wrote:

> > Unfortunately, with the recent collapse of software development as a viable 
> > career choice there soon won't be enough experienced developers left (outside 
> > of those employed by the big boys - IBM, HP, SGI, Novell) to keep the 
> > developer diversity that Linux needs to thrive.
> 
> I think that's a bit harsh, although it could very well be true. 
> Software as an industry hasn't been around long enough, in my opinion, 
> to determine if it is subject to any cycles peculiar to it so collapse 
> might be premature.
> 

That depends on when (whether?) the sheeple clue in to the fact that their
tax dollars funnel into large behemoths that change languages and/or OSes
like underwear when they need to make their bottom line fatter.

Examples are Y2K and C++, not to mention anything microsoft sells.

I compare this industry to cigarettes: a drag, then poof, it's gone.


> In fact, one could argue the less corporate interest and money being 
> pumped into linux, the better. The less american money in any case.

Yeah, that's why I avoided postfix: IBM=hal.

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