Dave Winer has published an easy-to-read strategy for software developers trying to earn a living. In a nut, here’s his strategy: “Where you want competition, give away the technology. Where you want to be competitive, keep it to yourself.”
The beauty of this strategy, from an end-user perspective, is that it opens what needs to be open—specifically file formats and protocols—while still allowing small developers to make a living. Meanwhile, users get better software.
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