I don't understand why we can't just get rid of software companies and pay programmers to develop open source software directly. I mean, I understand it can't happen overnight but what are the actual disadvantages to this longterm?
I don't understand why we can't just get rid of software companies and pay programmers to develop open source software directly. I mean, I understand it can't happen overnight but what are the actual disadvantages to this longterm?
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