Comments on: Open Source And Recessions http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/01/22/open-source-and-recessions/ Robert Accettura's Personal Blog on Web Development and Tech Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:07:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/01/22/open-source-and-recessions/comment-page-1/#comment-260198 Robert Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:59:50 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2008/01/22/open-source-and-recessions/#comment-260198 Alex Vincent: No matter how many recessions there are, you'd never know for sure since every one is different. However we do know what characteristics are most likely to play a role in a projects outcome, so we can guess who is most likely to be impacted. Scott Fitchet: I'm not sure you could show the recession was the cause of Firefox's growth in market share. It did happen at least partially during that period (the very early part took place at the tail end of the last recession). Microsoft had less incentive to improve their existing product due to lack of (perceived) competition, not because of an economic downturn. Alex Vincent: No matter how many recessions there are, you’d never know for sure since every one is different. However we do know what characteristics are most likely to play a role in a projects outcome, so we can guess who is most likely to be impacted.

Scott Fitchet: I’m not sure you could show the recession was the cause of Firefox’s growth in market share. It did happen at least partially during that period (the very early part took place at the tail end of the last recession). Microsoft had less incentive to improve their existing product due to lack of (perceived) competition, not because of an economic downturn.

]]> By: Scott Fitchet http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/01/22/open-source-and-recessions/comment-page-1/#comment-259391 Scott Fitchet Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:27:08 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2008/01/22/open-source-and-recessions/#comment-259391 My understanding has been that Firefox jumped far ahead of IE during the last "recession" ... party because the Firefox development process matured but mostly because Microsoft had less incentive to improve their existing product. So in this case the downturn helped open source. My understanding has been that Firefox jumped far ahead of IE during the last “recession” … party because the Firefox development process matured but mostly because Microsoft had less incentive to improve their existing product. So in this case the downturn helped open source.

]]> By: Alex Vincent http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/01/22/open-source-and-recessions/comment-page-1/#comment-259195 Alex Vincent Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:38:54 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2008/01/22/open-source-and-recessions/#comment-259195 An interesting theory, indeed. My opinion is different: "It's far too soon to know." There haven't been enough recessions in the lifetime of open source as we understand it today to really quantify it. An interesting theory, indeed. My opinion is different: “It’s far too soon to know.” There haven’t been enough recessions in the lifetime of open source as we understand it today to really quantify it.

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