in thread "Why don't people realize that 'high software profit margins' are fugazi?": The high cost of software is almost entirely the high labor cost of creating it in the first place. We do not have software abundance. We have distribution abundance of the scarce software we do have. Software is at the limits of economies of scale, where ... 1y ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9 The high cost of sof (view hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9 Whoever provisions public goods becomes the government. There's some truth to that.... 1y ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9 Whoever provisions p (view hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9 good software: works, does a useful job well, doesn't crash or have bugs, is a joy to use, doesn't use too much energy or have weird latencies, changes your life for the better. 1y ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9 good software: works (view hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9 That's your concept not mine. I don't believe in abstract generalized "the good". 1y ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9 That's your concept (view hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9 what's your theory of just prices, anon, if it's not just "what the market will bear" 1y ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9 what's your theory o (view hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9