[lbo-talk] Comments on Cybermarx?

[sharif islam]

Except Microsoft, most big software companies (proprietary/non
proprietary) make money from providing services. But what makes the
difference is how companies license those services. The FOSS model is
less restrictive than the proprietary model. _The Success of Open
Source_ by Steven Weber talks about it in more details.

--sharif

On 1/27/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Chuck wrote:
>
> >FOSS is pretty much replacing the commercial software industry at this point.
>
> According to the national income accounts, final software sales
> (which means that intermediate sales - e.g., the software embedded in
> chips that are components of a larger product - in the national
> income accounts, the iPod is what's counted, not the chips, screen,
> etc.) were $198 billion last year, up 11% from 2004, and 18% from
> 2002. That doesn't comport with "pretty much replacing."