Re: Open Source's effects on programmer jobs

[Mike Connor <mikec@silug.org>]

My guess is the opposite-- you can hire more programmers for more projects 
when your overhead goes down.  I can tell that the embedded world makes 
heavy use of GNU tools & lang's-- would shut down instantly if they were 
taken away.  You'd probably see alot fewer cheesey embedded gadgets if 
they were paying for proprietary development tools and licensing OS'es.

Incidently, high-dollar proprietary stuff from Wind River Systems uses the 
GNU compiler and many other GNU tools.

On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 jlawler@siu.edu wrote:

> OK, so I've been the quintessential open source (zealot|proponent) in my group
> of friends for some time now.  One of my friends makes the point that if the
> whole world operated under an open-source model, the amount of redundant code
> that would be written would go down dramatically.  
> 
> The end result of less reduntant work would be less programmer jobs.  I was
> curious if:
> 
> A)  Anyone had read/seen/found any articles that addressed this (yes I googled
> for a bit) 
> or 
> B)  Anyone has any experience with this (either way)
> 
> 
> 
> Jeremy 
> 
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