Posted by OmegaKV on Sep 09, 2022; 4:23pm
URL: https://mikraite.arkian.net/Does-open-source-software-hinder-competition-tp2377p2397.html

Yeah but they can still benefit from the code being open source in other ways. For example, at my last workplace, I made a software that was a threat to the modern scums' software. People were using my software, and it worked well, and it even compensated for memory leaks that existed in the modern scums' software, and therefore the modern scum had no means to attack it. Then the modern scum forced me to make my software open source. And after I made it open source they did an attack on the way my software was written. They said my software wasn't testable because it wasn't written with the model-view-controller, and management forced me to discontinue. By making my software open source, they were able to improve their relative reputation by attacking mine. I guess the general idea is information seems to benefit the establishment more than the underdog.