On Thursday 26 May 2011 10:39:38 am Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 21:59 +0530, Rony wrote:
...until someone makes a more irresistible proprietary software and users flock to that, hurling freedom and portability out of the
window
in the process.
Utility and ease of use will always be king.
agreed - anything based on ideology will always flop - I have seen any number of people wildly enthusiastic about free software for the wrong (ideological) reasons until *they* develop something marketable.
Like build a successful product and ideology will form around it.
What is termed as ideology is only partly so. It is mainly methodology. FOSS methodology arose from a certain ideology, just like other development methodologies. One can't develop methodology without an underlying ideology or core principle/s.
There might be successful products by seat of pants methodology, but that is not a very repeatable method. There will also be unsuccessful products even after following ideology / methodology. But then others will be able to refine the method.