If software were free how could the employees of the software company be paid to begin with?
I'm sorry, but by this logic you could say, "Instead of spending all that money on a down payment and mortgage, think of all the money I could save by just moving into the first house I see." doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thursday, December 27, 2001): >True, but there is also another side to the story. What about the end >users, who >will _save_ money by using free software. Corporations spend massive >amounts of >money on buggy, insecure software. If the software was free, all this money >could be saved, and the employees could be paid more (or more could be hired). > >I am not rabidly against charging for software, but in many cases free >software >can make a lot of sense. If a company chose to write a decent OS (BeOS >and OS/2 >come to mind) with decent software, I would consider using them. Microsoft on >the other hand does not compete on quality, it competes on marketing and >lock-in. > >On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:57:25 +0900, Doug Lerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On a day-to-day basis, if you want to have a working economy, where >> people can support themselves then, for sure, it makes more sense to >> compensate labor and effort which can be attributed. In other words, pay >> the programmers who create programs. >> >> The compensation to society for providing the environment is paid in taxes. >> >> doug >> >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thursday, December 27, 2001): >> >> >Doug Lerner wrote: >> >> There is a huge difference between an idea and an instance of putting the >> >> idea to use. >> > >> >And which is more valuable, or more worthy of being compensated (for)? >> > >> >Randy Kramer >> > >> >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >> >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > >-- >Sridhar Dhanapalan > >"I've always liked penguins, and when I was in Canberra a few years ago >we went >to the local zoo with Andrew Tridgell (of samba fame). There they had a >ferocious penguin that bit me and infected me with a little known disease >called >penguinitis. Penguinitis makes you stay awake at nights just thinking about >penguins and feeling great love towards them. So when Linux needed a >mascot, the >first thing that came into my mind was this picture of the majestic >penguin, and >the rest is history." -- Linus Torvalds > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
