Without a really innovative, fitting idea this is all nonsense.
And _with_ a really innovative, fitting idea, this is sub-optimal rent extraction of the value of the idea.
The biggest issue that comes to mind is capitalist competition: another organization can replicate the product and potentially offer features the initial one does not, or even offering a better price point. This is a dangerous enemy that unfortunately collapses the entire scheme.
Heh. We could be rich and have lots of slack if other people weren’t trying to optimize their resources as well! Note that it’s not just capitalist competition you have to worry about. Open Source competition will come into play for anything self-contained enough that you think it can ever be substantially finished.
And _with_ a really innovative, fitting idea, this is sub-optimal rent extraction of the value of the idea.
Heh. We could be rich and have lots of slack if other people weren’t trying to optimize their resources as well! Note that it’s not just capitalist competition you have to worry about. Open Source competition will come into play for anything self-contained enough that you think it can ever be substantially finished.
Good call, OSS projects definitely quickly catch up to major non-niche products.