I think that there is a difference between saying "That's how software works" and "it's prevalent in my experience".
Yes, you're right. It's more accurate in the context of my experience to say that's how software can work. That is, the combination of marketing and producing software can be set up to implement that business strategy. But it doesn't have to be.
If your only example is Oracle...
It isn't, but it's the most egregious example of a planned evasion of innovation.
Me, I'd like to believe that free competition tends to drive out such nuttiness
I'd like to believe it too, but that's not what I observe. And I'm obviously open to the likelihood that your experience differs from mine. I'm not claiming to be objective or encyclopedic, nor did I believe the original question required that.
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