Society depends on software. Software encodes a model of the world

2026-07-17 09:51:29 UTC

Society depends on software. Software encodes a model of the world—but the world changes. Thus, society needs software to change. This requires maintenance.

The reality is that 70% of all software running in production is FOSS (Synopsis, 2020). FOSS has won, and is bigger than you think. Yet, FOSS in the vast majority of cases is “one person” and 60–85% of FOSS is a hobby (Tidelift, 2024)—and there is no link to the criticality of a package.

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