Comments on: Musing about global and opensource http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/04/15/musing-about-global-and-opensource/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Rose http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/04/15/musing-about-global-and-opensource/comment-page-1/#comment-121649 David Rose Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:44:22 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/04/15/musing-about-global-and-opensource/#comment-121649 Yeah, but I suspect it is going to be an arbitrage opportunity for a very long time. Software development still doesn't employ as many people as there are people looking for meaningful work. Also, so long as the arbitrage opportunity exists, others will continue to fund and sponsor these kinds of events. I suspect that supply is limited but increasing, and will continue to increase until the supply of programmers world-wide is saturated. There are lots of non-economic barriers too, and those will be around for a while, but I suspect the generation up and coming will have less hesitancy opening up to the global knowledge force than the current generation (including myself). Yeah, but I suspect it is going to be an arbitrage opportunity for a very long time. Software development still doesn’t employ as many people as there are people looking for meaningful work.

Also, so long as the arbitrage opportunity exists, others will continue to fund and sponsor these kinds of events. I suspect that supply is limited but increasing, and will continue to increase until the supply of programmers world-wide is saturated.

There are lots of non-economic barriers too, and those will be around for a while, but I suspect the generation up and coming will have less hesitancy opening up to the global knowledge force than the current generation (including myself).

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