Comment on Academic papers yanked after authors found to have used unlicensed software
taladar@sh.itjust.works 18 hours agoThe rationale is that it’s better for them if they use their software without payment instead of using a software from another vendor without payment.
More importantly it is better for the company if they use their software without payment instead of developing some sort of competitor (open source or proprietary).
infeeeee@lemm.ee 18 hours ago
They are users not developers. An academic or civil engineer who uses a CFD simulator usually has not enough programming knowledge develop such a complex application. The employer has not enough funds to pay for developers (see, they use a pirated software). Paying for developers is still more expensive than buying an already developed product.
Just look at the stage of FOSS CAD software. There are some, but they are very-very limited compared to proprietary alternatives. Most people don’t care, they just want to get the work done. Not everyone is a programmer, even if it looks like that from our lemmy bubble.
Infynis@midwest.social 17 hours ago
Don’t underestimate the power of executives to make really dumb choices. My company decided we’d create our own ticketing system this year, and now my Firefox tab consumes multiple gigabytes of ram…
taladar@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
You are thinking too small. Even if only one of a thousand companies in one of dozens of third world nations develops an alternative that is enough.