On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 06:29:30PM -0400, Bahn, Nathan wrote:

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/why-open-source-programming-languages-ar...

All tech which can be classified as infrastructure, will tend to "free libre and open source" over the medium term (unit of time defining 'medium' is shrinking over time, at least for most software). Even niche tech which has at least one dedicated hacker hobbyist, will dominate a corresponding proprietary offering over the medium term. Employee programmers choosing (when they have the choice) proprietary over libre software, are simply yet to discover their true self interest maximization potential (over the long term). Once any proprietary tech is effectively monetized by an individual or company with libre tech, they will over the medium to long term completely dominate the company doing the proprietary tech. The more individuals and groups/companies with an economic vested interested in a particular libre tech, the faster that group will accelerate away from any and all proprietary alternatives, over the medium to long term. Proprietary tech is merely a temporary historical anomaly, existing pursuant to the lack of awareness of the relevant actors as to their maximal self interest in the medium to long term.