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#34
Originally Posted by attila77 View Post
Many will disagree, but the way I see it they're fire and water. Commercial developers HATE to see quality OSS applications appear as they bite into their income, and the only way to battle that is to develop more complex/powerful/polished (and thus costly) software.
I am a commercial developer and I do not hate to see quality OSS applications. Hell, I am using many such applications myself. Where have you got this idea anyway?

This is aggravated by NIT users not as accustomed to paying for software than any other platform's users.
You do understand that if Maemo is to be successful, it has to become a commercial platform at some point, no matter what some NIT users say?

Add to this the problem of DRM lack, which will further lower your income
Each developer can come up with his own protection scheme, as they always have done. So I do not see any mortal problems occurring from the lack of DRM.

As for the flip side, if you make a push for commercial apps, any change you introduce to make commercial apps more competitive will undermine your OSS potential. OSS projects build the community from the savvy userbase, so if your userbase is driven to or naturally becomes a commercial app user, the OSS projects will wither (if you have a super-snazzy super-powerful super-supported super-quality app for 1$, who's going to manage to draw enough attention and community to build a quality alternative ?). In this scenario OSS projects whither to hobby projects, carrying little value to the end-users.
Sorry but I fail to see logic in this statement. You mean, having good commercial apps is bad because it makes bad OSS apps wither? And how is having better apps bad for the user?