[Info-vax] BridgeWorks

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/25/2024 9:47 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 7/24/2024 10:57 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 7/24/2024 7:40 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 10:00:55 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> On 7/23/2024 9:59 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 20:16:40 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>>> If you look at third party COM components used by VB6 and VBS back in
>>>>>> the late 90's and early 00's, then most of it are gone.
>>>>>
>>>>> If they were open-source, at least someone else could take over
>>>>> development/maintenance after the original creators have gone
>>>>> bust/given up.
>>>>
>>>> In theory yes.
>>>>
>>>> But most companies has no interest in going into the software library
>>>> business.
>>>
>>> So hire somebody who is in that business.
>>
>> That doesn't change the fundamental problem - they would still
>> be in the software library business - they just change from
>> paying monthly salaries for a fixed number of employees to
>> an hourly rate for a variable number of hours.
> 
> Regardless of what they do, they are still in the software business.  If 
> you're using it, you're paying for it, one way or another.

The question is not whether they are in the "software business" but
whether they are in the "software library business".

And it takes hours to maintain a software library no matter
what, but there are advantages of the library having tens
of thousands of users compared to just one or a few users.

Arne