Otto

Commercial sales of software are, by a long shot, not the norm. Did you buy the software to run your refrigerator? Or the code to make your car run optimally? Because a programmer wrote that code, and I guarantee you, they don’t make money on the software sales there.

I know for a fact that if you buy parts from a popular automotive store as a commercial business, you are buying those parts through a system I helped develop around 8 years ago. Do you think I still get paid for that work?

Nearly all programming is not programming code you actually see and interact with. And I say this having the code I wrote probably actually used to test your automobile’s electrical systems in the assembly facility before it left the manufacturer. No, really. If you bought American, then I practically guarantee it. :)

I recommend reading The Magic Cauldron. Starting with the chapter on The Manufacturing Delusion: http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/magic-cauldron/ar01s03.html

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