Analyze Carrs position (from IT doesnt matter) in regard to PC vs. Mac, Open Office vs. Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Powerpoint vs. Tableau. Be sure use examples in your answer.

Remember that Carr argued that IT no longer gives companies competitive advantages because IT became a commodity and its spending is wasteful. Further, the idea of paying rents for proprietary software was ridiculous, he said.

However, others argue that a significance of software development is that open source software provided to users the benefits of commodity economics without the shackle of proprietary software. Another issue comes from the fact that Open Source software companies can deliver commodity benefits while still enjoying non-commodity financial returns.