I won't go into the economics, but suffice it to say that I think there's little hope of Mozilla making Firefox (or any of its other software) into true public goods of any note.
Full story »I won't go into the economics, but suffice it to say that I think there's little hope of Mozilla making Firefox (or any of its other software) into true public goods of any note.
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spikeb
16 years 36 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago
they already ARE true public goods
they already ARE true public goods of note.
merc
16 years 36 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago
Am I the only person finding this
Am I the only person finding this article difficult to read?
can.axis
16 years 36 weeks 3 days 11 min ago
Most average FF users are unaware
Most average FF users are unaware that Firefox is a free software; That's the problem...
mattflaschen
16 years 36 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago
I don't think Asay understands
I don't think Asay understands what a public good actually is. A public good is a "good that is non-rivalrous and non-excludable." Non-rivalrous means an unlimited number of people can use it at once. Non-excludable means everyone is allowed to use it. Looks like Firefox (and all FOSS) is a public good. Now, is it notable? That's a matter of debate, but I would say yes.
Whether or not the development is motivated by greed is entirely irrelevant.