I agree, this shakedown is overall a good thing.
It should also prove to be a hotbed of new development, if there's enough 'Capitalist' left in America. That's how this is suppose to work. Out-of-work developers better not be just sitting around on their tuckus watching Oprah. Developers develop. All good developers have 'hobby' apps they're working on.
Altho I do worry that the software market isn't a 'free' market. If one of the giant software companies can just copy and bundle any new software that comes along, will there be enough incentive to developers to risk spending all that time and effort on developing something that will just be taken away?
Feels a bit strange to be in agreement with you on something in the tech industry. Glad we have some common ground, however.
Isn't the general unemployment 6 to 8 percent? If that 2 percent figure is accurate then IT is an employment haven. Personally, more than 2% of IT workers I've known should be unemployed.