[kindkid]

"In essence, you can only make money if you are doing hardcore R&D. This strongly incentivizes the creation of new capabilities but also disincentivizes publication of CS research.

"You see this in markets like databases, where open source has captured almost the entire market for undifferentiated capabilities, and there is a lucrative high-end market with unique product capabilities that don't exist in open source or CS literature. The trend toward treating CS research as trade secrets, originally started because algorithm patents were impractical to enforce, turned out to be effective at maintaining profitability in high-end software products if open source can't replicate capability."

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20196610

Ah drat, apparently my fears are confirmed. If you should someday have enough money and not enough fame, I'll be eagerly looking forward to hearing the lessons you're willing to share.