More on the future of the software industry
My buddy Scoble had some comments (couldn't find a permalink so you
will have to scroll) on Eric's "No Future in the software Industry"
article. At first it appears that Robert does not agree with the article, but
the more I read it the more it looks like they really do agree. Both of them see
great possibilities in small software companies that want to change the world,
Eric just had a more pessimistic view of a Microsoft dominated software
world than Robert was willing to swallow.
The future Eric wants is with small companies innovating, not one
company dictating, and not a bunch of people working for free. I happen to
like Microsoft very much, but I also want to see small software companies
prosper and continue to compete with and challenge Microsoft. I think part
of me wants to run a small software company at some point, so perhaps that is
why I am particularly endeared to smaller companies and their future.
I actually wanted to read Eric's article again to make sure that I had not
misinterpreted it, but apparently his site is down for the moment and
google has not cached it yet.
-James