-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Personal Privacy 6.5.8 Comment: Until recently, the last PGP with full source disclosure. iQA/AwUBP0TpZ28pw+2/9pUJEQLjOwCg04hs59T0GoAY/d//GzCbkvd0CfoAoNP5 0AxqVH5akDXCP/R5U9w7ftjW =le9Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list