there's an awful lot of developers out there writing code for products used internally
Exactly. I consider that to be more on the "services" side because the ultimate goal is for Bob to get his TPS reports, not to produce a J2EE reporting framework.
A better way of expressing my point would be that most developers aren't in competition with open source; it's much more likely that open source software allows their jobs to exist.
Exactly. I consider that to be more on the "services" side because the ultimate goal is for Bob to get his TPS reports, not to produce a J2EE reporting framework.
A better way of expressing my point would be that most developers aren't in competition with open source; it's much more likely that open source software allows their jobs to exist.