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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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