Re^7: Are Perl programmers just easier to deal with?

I'd also like to point out what you don't see: look at all the application and systems programming work that isn't being done with payware. Were it not for open source, somebody would be making money off of these things. The space of payware is MUCH smaller than the space of all software, and Perl is a big part of that. So's Apache.

The question isn't just 'Are they dying?', but also 'Aren't they growing?'. Considering the size of Microsoft's bankroll, their results show that they are in a very hard fight, and they know it.

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Re^8: Are Perl programmers just easier to deal with? by CloneArmyCommander (Friar) on Mar 11, 2005 at 21:23 UTC
Here is an interesting CNET article ;). I think it accurately illustrates the role open source plays in the corporate world :).	[reply]
Re^9: Are Perl programmers just easier to deal with? by samizdat (Vicar) on Mar 14, 2005 at 13:49 UTC
Yes, indeed. On the opposite side, let's just say that Microsoft got a big boost from open source when they lifted the IP stack from 4.4 BSD to create WFW3.11 with Internet, and I'm sure they have lots of little code wonks in Redmond dissecting everything from BSD to Zope in order to improve Doze. It's about time they gave us some turnabout.	[reply]