Ok well I agree with you. That's a very good point. And I'd like him to have even more sucess.
I think closed source software is a terrible, terrible problem for non-programmer workers. Productivity gains from the Computer Revolution to non-programmers have been very small. I think that's partially attributtable to the fact that general-use programs for enterprise are mostly closed-source. And this is a problem because it A. Doesn't allow for customization of applications for specific uses, which I believe would unlock a lot more productivity gains and B. it discourages workers from learning to program (because what the hell would they program anyway!), which again, I believe would unlock productivity gains.
So I do believe making most software open-source and modifiable should be a matter of legislation at this point. It's ridiculous that users have less capacity to modify their work tools today than they ever had during the Industrial/Mechanical Age. And I believe the reason why this is because you can't make any money out of open-source. Because of that, companies discourage it, workers don't see the benefit in programming. The compounding effects of this are getting worse by the day.
I think closed source software is a terrible, terrible problem for non-programmer workers. Productivity gains from the Computer Revolution to non-programmers have been very small. I think that's partially attributtable to the fact that general-use programs for enterprise are mostly closed-source. And this is a problem because it A. Doesn't allow for customization of applications for specific uses, which I believe would unlock a lot more productivity gains and B. it discourages workers from learning to program (because what the hell would they program anyway!), which again, I believe would unlock productivity gains.
So I do believe making most software open-source and modifiable should be a matter of legislation at this point. It's ridiculous that users have less capacity to modify their work tools today than they ever had during the Industrial/Mechanical Age. And I believe the reason why this is because you can't make any money out of open-source. Because of that, companies discourage it, workers don't see the benefit in programming. The compounding effects of this are getting worse by the day.