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Thursday, August 21, 2003, 1:56:51 AM, Didier wrote:
> software I would not buy for Linux because the initial spirit of Linux
> was to be an OPEN SOURCE system. This is MY CHOICE. I know this is not
> yours  

That's fine. Very nice. I would rather see Linux become a platform
that grows beyond the limited sphere you prefer. Sure, if you can
convince someone to write the quality applications you need for you,
and then give them away for no cost and open source, that's wonderful.

However, it would be nice to be able to get the quality applications
*some other way*, if you can't find a philanthropic developer. If you
say that you will refuse, up front, to purchase any software for
Linux, and the development community that needs to make money through
their programming efforts believes that you represent a large
percentage of what they thought was their market, they will go and do
something else to put food on their table. Maybe they will develop for
Windows.

You wind up with software that is useful to a lot of people, and
interesting to work on for the developers. But, you do not necessarily
wind up with the software that you need to get the job done.

Capitalism does have its uses.

I would much rather pay someone for the tools I need that are not
otherwise available, than pay money for another computer; pay money to
Microsoft for yet another Windows license; pay time to install,
configure, and maintain it; pay space to have a second computer
sitting on my desk; pay time to deal with cross-platform tooling
(editors, version control, etc.) issues; and a host of other things.

Ron.

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