> What if the company who makes this software goes out of business or stops
> supporting this program? Wouldn't you like somebody else to be able to
> support this program in the future so you can keep using it? IBM laid off
> a lot of the people who originally invented large parts of Lotus Notes
While there is nothing wrong with encouraging people to use software
by word of mouth, that misses the advantage of using free software over
using any other software.
Here are some advantages which should matter to people who do not read code:
What if the company who makes this software goes out
Referring to the way to explain free software, Danny Piccirillo posted
this as part of a comment at the FSF Community Team list.
I wrote this for that reason: http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Free_software
I really like what is there. Thanks, Danny.
It seemed more appropriate to discuss the wiki en
