On Friday 05 January 2001 01:36, Mark Sires wrote:
> the price reflects it! Anybody who tells you quality doesn't cost is full
> of baloney - if it didn't a Mercedes would be cheaper than a Yugo.
> Mark
Now, now,... isn't this an open source forum? You should thus know better.
(Debian) Linux IS a quality "product", and as it is absolutely free, it is
certainly cheaper than M$Windows which lacks a lot in OS qualities such as
reliability and stability. PostgreSQL is a quality data base system and
free, M$Access is just a useless toy that costs a lot more (than nothing as
PostgreSQL).
See? Quality and price may correlate sometimes - especially when quality raw
material is necessary for the manufacturing process -, but there is no rule
you could rely on.
If my life would depend on a "automatized" anaesthetic or life support
machine I certainly would insist on one running on a free Linux or BSD system
- and I would be a lot more relaxed if I knew that the application software
has evolved through an open source process rather than in a hideous secretive
closed source approach. Anybody on this list disagreeing?
No, price is no guarantee for quality, nor does a cheap or free system imply
lack of quality.
Horst
