Where Are All the Open Source Billionaires?

[doctormo at gmail.com (Martin Owens)]

What I want to know is: where are all the proprietory software Buddhists.

On 25/04/07, Seth Gordon <sethg at ropine.com> wrote:
> David Kramer wrote:
> > http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000842.html
> >
> > If Open Source software is free, then why bother spending money on
> > Microsoft Partner stuff? I already know what Microsoft's detractors will
> > say: "There's no reason whatsoever. $40 billion per year is totally wasted."
> >
> > "This, however is not a very satisfying answer, simply because it
> > doesn't quite ring true. Otherwise there'd be a lot more famous Open
> > Source billionaires out there, being written up in Forbes Magazine or
> > wherever. And Bill Gates would've been ousted years ago. "
> >
>
> Giles Bowkett said it better than I could:
>
> http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2007/04/economics-101-for-web-20.html
>
> Jeff's post is a good post, and he provides a much calmer and nicer
> answer than I'm about to, but I don't have his vast reserves of
> patience. That is the _stupidest question_ in the *world*. Where are all
> the _air_ billionaires? Where are all the _gravity_ billionaires? What
> about the _light_ billionaires? Huh? Huh? Where are they? Tell me! If
> light is so damn useful, why hasn't anyone been able to _license the
> sun?_ *It must not be worth anything!*
>
> Wow. Good point there, Einstein.
>
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