NYCPHP Meetup

[Chris Shiflett]

Hans Zaunere wrote:
> To be fair, internet giants can't be compared with other industries.

I completely agree, but this was part of my point.

If I raced cars for a living, and I was in the market for a car to drive 
around town, I might be looking at something like this:

http://www3.porsche.com/english/usa/carreragt/

If I was an average Joe, I might be more interested in this:

http://www.fordvehicles.com/cars/focus/

The latter is clearly more practical. With open source software, there 
is no price barrier to deter anyone. So, we can all drive around with 
Porsche Carrera GTs, even though very few of us can properly appreciate 
such a machine. However, this doesn't justify the argument that Porsches 
wreck too often, so it's better to stick with Ford.

Then again, maybe my analogies are too far-fetched. :-)

Chris

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