jexrand writes ""The tools market is dead. Open source killed it," argues John De Goes in a four-page interview conducted by JavaLobby's Geertjan Wielenga. The software developer turned president of N-BRAIN explains the effect that open source has had on the developer tools market, and how this forced the company to release the personal edition of UNA free of charge. According to De Goes, selling a source code editor, even a very good one, is all but impossible in the post-open source era, especially given that, "Some developers would rather quit their job than be forced to use a new editor or IDE."
One company's loss, another developer's gain. The announcement is but one in a string of announcements from tools companies announcing the free release of their previously commercial development tools." Link to Original Source
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