Decisions by companies listed at the stock exchange have to be seen from that perspective. Software business is an asset business. Software licences are not apples. For some strange reasons some analysts do believe that a certain kind of asset is more profitable - selling licences lead to a higher turnover. That's how software is seen from the investor's perspective.
Software is craftsmanship + plus 'copy' from the distribution perspective.
That's why open source really provides good results. Open source is free because there is no barter involved. There is no real declining marginal utility. Every technology that was in the position to grow a reputation busts exactly the moment the last user installed a copy ...
The marginal utility has to be introduced by design :). Then you get money ... because you have a price.
Software is craftsmanship + plus 'copy' from the distribution perspective.
That's why open source really provides good results. Open source is free because there is no barter involved. There is no real declining marginal utility. Every technology that was in the position to grow a reputation busts exactly the moment the last user installed a copy ...
The marginal utility has to be introduced by design :). Then you get money ... because you have a price.