:Free Software Magazine: Free Software May Kill Some Software Firms. So What?
Free Software Magazine: Free Software May Kill Some Software Firms. So What? Jan 9, 2007, 00 :15 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (7038 reads) (Other stories by Wouter Verhelst)
"Some people who advocate against free software claim that it's bad for the economy and not sustainable in the long term, because the lack of direct revenue on developing free software makes it harder to make money out of developing such software. If generating direct revenue out of software development is not possible, they claim, then less people will be inclined to write software professionally. In turn, this will mean that end-users will have less high-quality software available. Is that really true? Let's find out.
"First of all, the statement that free software generates less direct revenue is probably true..."
