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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Python (was Re: I did not inhale) Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 10:15:53 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 25 Message-ID: <va1jbq$3aeib$1@dont-email.me> References: <uu54la$3su5b$6@dont-email.me> <20240408075547.000061e8@gmail.com> <g52cnWOOwoz_son7nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> <uvbe3m$2cun7$1@dont-email.me> <uvbfii$3mom0$1@news.xmission.com> <20240412094809.811@kylheku.com> <87il0mm94y.fsf@tudado.org> <way-20240413091747@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <87il0lldf8.fsf@tudado.org> <choices-20240413123957@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <v9lm2k$12qhv$1@dont-email.me> <v9m4gd$14scu$1@dont-email.me> <20240815182717.189@kylheku.com> <v9npls$1fjus$1@dont-email.me> <v9posc$1rpdj$1@dont-email.me> <v9pvoo$1sn55$1@dont-email.me> <v9r60h$2289h$2@dont-email.me> <v9sa91$2afht$1@dont-email.me> <v9tv8o$2iahp$1@dont-email.me> <v9uso3$2pdrg$2@dont-email.me> <v9v0e0$2q822$1@dont-email.me> <v9v7d4$2r6q2$1@dont-email.me> <va05a6$2vsf9$1@dont-email.me> <va1efc$39jph$1@dont-email.me> <va1g61$3a0fj$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 10:15:54 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3d89229229cc5613f9a4092209d4175c"; logging-data="3488331"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/e3zerIQzintGmYJnZncV+LiAMnsx3mD4=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:PaCjv+l54sqXqh6fwI+gTCyaTRc= In-Reply-To: <va1g61$3a0fj$1@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2762 On 2024-08-20 09:21, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 08:52:27 +0200, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: > >> It is no complain, merely stating an elementary economic fact. If the >> price does not reflect the costs, there is no market. No market, no >> competition. No competition, no quality. > > Elementary economic fact: in a competitive market, the unit price of the > product tends to converge towards the marginal cost of producing that > product. > > What’s the marginal cost of producing a copy of a piece of software? > Essentially, zero. No different from books, music records, reproductions. In these cases the unit is more than just a copy. This is how concepts of intellectual property get invented etc. Again, I do not say what is right and what is wrong. Just stating facts. -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de