Reply to post: Re: TANSTAAFL

Open source, closed wallets, big profits – nobody wins the OSS rock, paper, scissors game

jake Silver badge

Re: TANSTAAFL

"If there were a real threat of serious financial damage being done to you when you ship product embodying flawed software and said software fails, then perhaps things would change."

Microsoft has been doing that very thing for decades It hasn't affected their bottom line any. I'm certainly not going to worry about it as a SOHO who utilizes FOSS code with every client I have. But then I make sure the code I provide fits the needs of the client ... I don't simply stuff an entire shovel-ware distribution on a beige box and call it a "router". Or worse. a "IoT fridge" ... or even worse, an "IoT baby monitor" or "home alarm system". Etc.

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