Am Montag, den 10.03.2008, 17:08 -0600 schrieb Thant Tessman:
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> It is absurd to think of 'free' software as 'dumping' and as such
> immoral and/or bad for the economy because it robs people of jobs. Like
> any other potential business, if someone is willing and able to
> underprice you, it simply means that you and your potential future
> customers are better off if you put your efforts into producing
> something else.
>
> This whole argument is just a variation of Bastiat's Broken Window Fallacy:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_window_fallacy
Interesting.
So a useful definition of dumping would require both of:
a) Undercutting prices
b) In the new situation (competitors driven away and held back from
returning by market entry barriers), charge higher prices than the
former market price.
Free software does (a), but it doesn't (and cannot) do (b).
Anything I overlooked?
Regards,
Jo