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Friday, 16 August 2019

A Comparison of Closed Source to other sorts of Businesses;


A brief breakdown of various Industries and a brief overview of various factors for businesses to operate in them:


Industry

Impacts

Hospitality

Equal Employment Opportunity

Food Safety
Appliances
Utensils
Privacy
...

Construction

Environmental Impact
Workplace Health and Safety
Building Materials
Power Tools
Heavy Equipment
...

 

Closed Source

 

Almost nothing – just your brain!

 

You could look at many other industries … !!

Shared Source

CPU cycles, RAM, reboots, Hard Drive Space ... Significant Hardware

Closed Software Licenses

High Speed Networks including Internet

Copyright Curricula

…


but Closed Source by it's nature is very difficult
Shared Source may require (slightly) more resources -
are you clever enough to write Closed Source -
and are you really up to writing your own Closed Source ??

And is it really worth it in your situation -
when most of the benefits are reaped from those at the top ??


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