Hacker News Reader

It's a question of what winning means I think. In terms of profits, they might be winning. If it's market share though, they are not winning, and that means there is still an opening for open standards.

View on HN

If it was your company, would you rather have 99% market share and 1% of profits, or 1% market share and 99% of profits?

99% of profits, obviously, but you've forgotten what thread we're in. This is a thread about Linux and software freedom. For that, market share is way more important than profit share.

If I was making 99% of the profit off of 1% the market, I’d be terrified someone could just undercut me and take either my 1% or a big portion of the remaining market, that I’m trying to also get.

Owning the profit is great, but owning the market means longevity.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com