Re: [osdcmy] Open Source is free. Your time isn't.
No point convincing idiots who just want free things. Freeloaders are everywhere. The trick is to spot them before they get to you. Eric On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Garfield WTF garfi...@debmal.my wrote: Could agree more with this. But it is sad that some people do not think this way. When you volunteer to help them, they expect the exact same thing they get for those support services they paid to those expensive paid softwares. And when you tell them that you are not free and delay to assist them, they dare to scold you like hell, as if they had paid you damn much, although themself know, they din pay a single cent. -- *GarfieldWTF http://garfield.in* Debian User Community (Malaysia) *http://debmal.my* - *CS Squad VPS Hosting http://cart.cs-squad.net/cart.php?gid=1* -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://www.mosc.my/ -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://www.mosc.my/
Re: [osdcmy] Open Source is free. Your time isn't.
Could agree more with this. But it is sad that some people do not think this way. When you volunteer to help them, they expect the exact same thing they get for those support services they paid to those expensive paid softwares. And when you tell them that you are not free and delay to assist them, they dare to scold you like hell, as if they had paid you damn much, although themself know, they din pay a single cent. -- *GarfieldWTF http://garfield.in* Debian User Community (Malaysia) *http://debmal.my* - *CS Squad VPS Hosting http://cart.cs-squad.net/cart.php?gid=1* -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://www.mosc.my/
Re: [osdcmy] Open Source is free. Your time isn't.
dude, red1 said it many years ago: The SW is free, but the people isn't and RMS: Freedom not free beer Ordinary folks do not have a clear concept. Part of the education process about FLOSS should include this. We should not be afraid, to charge for our services, especially for 'for profit' organisations and gov. Otherwise, they spend their money on frivolous stuff anyway. One good story I heard from the Director of MIS at UCLA Medical Center at a FLOSS conf., I have a budget every year, then I realised about 20% goes to licensing fees, the rest to maint. fees, services, parts etc.. By going for FLOSS, I suddenly have 20% more budget to use for more useful things! But I still have to pay for maintenance, services etc... Another story: (Red1 can confirm) when you buy SAP, the license costs about 1m (or whatever..) but you will have to budget about 2-3 times that for the rest of the support and services (expensive 'consultants' from Accenture, IBM, etc...) When you go for Adempiere, you save that 1m license fee, but you still have to pay for the rest of the services... (maybe Red1 will give you a discount;-) Another point to note; If you are using a SW for a mission critical part of your buisness, and instead of commercial SW, you replace it with FOSS, does it mean its function is becomes less important? If not, you have to pay lah! If we, as Malaysians, misinterprete the 'free' part of services, sometimes we also abuse the 'free' part about sharing. I know of some organisations that use FLOSS but they never contribute anything back in return! On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 6:35 AM, red1 r...@red1.org wrote: One way is to ask them to go to commercial open source such as RedHat. They are modelled to serve such professional requests. There is no argument about devs not charging for freebies cos thats the lifestyle that defines the era of RMS. They made out of freedom and sharing. US was once the land of the plenty. Today it is not. Its now money, and selling more arms to make money while grabbing oil and land. Still many of us love that concept of sharing and freedom. So i find today many local FOSS guys and gals too often willing to share without asking for compensation. IMHO that spirit should not stop. Who knows, one day the spirit moves from California to the other side. On 4/20/11 12:52 AM, Garfield WTF wrote: Could agree more with this. But it is sad that some people do not think this way. When you volunteer to help them, they expect the exact same thing they get for those support services they paid to those expensive paid softwares. And when you tell them that you are not free and delay to assist them, they dare to scold you like hell, as if they had paid you damn much, although themself know, they din pay a single cent. -- -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://www.mosc.my/ -- #--- regds, Boh Heong, Yap -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://www.mosc.my/
Re: [osdcmy] Open Source is free. Your time isn't.
masa tukar kpd duit. spt mana kami bayar kpd Intuit utk pasang nagios On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Sir Beyta sir.be...@gmail.com wrote: nice~ On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Harisfazillah Jamel linuxmalay...@gmail.com wrote: Team, Love this tagline Open Source is free. Your time isn't. from http://www.jumpbox.com/ More like http://www.turnkeylinux.org/ -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://portal.mosc.my/ -- Beyta Website : http://www.beyta.net -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://www.mosc.my/ -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://www.mosc.my/
Re: [osdcmy] Open Source is free. Your time isn't.
Zaki, pasang Nagios tu berapa kos? Thanks. On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Mohamad Zaki Awang z...@nstp.com.mywrote: masa tukar kpd duit. spt mana kami bayar kpd Intuit utk pasang nagios On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Sir Beyta sir.be...@gmail.com wrote: nice~ On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Harisfazillah Jamel linuxmalay...@gmail.com wrote: Team, Love this tagline Open Source is free. Your time isn't. from http://www.jumpbox.com/ More like http://www.turnkeylinux.org/ -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://portal.mosc.my/ -- Beyta Website : http://www.beyta.net -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://www.mosc.my/ -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://www.mosc.my/ -- *Komuniti As-Salam* http://www.salamsentosa.com http://aziman.salamsentosa.com -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://www.mosc.my/
[osdcmy] Open Source is free. Your time isn't.
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