__/ [ Kier ] on Saturday 27 January 2007 20:38 \__
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 15:24:19 -0500, flatfish+++ wrote:
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>> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:20:09 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> I never bought any piece of S/W in my entire life
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>> No doubt................
>
> Yeah, there's so much great free stuff out there, who nees to buy
> overpriced junk? I've always used free office suits like OO.org in
> preference to MS's offering (though I did like WordPerfect). And there are
> some really nice free-for-personal-use text editors out there, too. WinAmp
> for music. GIMP for images, or irfanview.
>
> Only thing I've bought for Windows was Nero.
The whole scenario demonstrates why money should be make
through services, not acquisition licenses, which also make
closing of the source code a requirement (this reduces
quality and freedom... can't trust the code, can't patch it,
can't modify it). Once piece of software which I see people
foolishly pay for is AV software (should not be needed in
the first place).
Software used to be open and often free as well. Those who
chose to close is are anti-consumer folks. We see this trend
repeating itself at data-level, not application-level. It's
called DRM. Restriction and control. Consumer control gear.
Milk money by forced upgrades, so the user is hopeless,
defenceless and ultimately suppressed to the point of
bitterness. People can't be blamed for all that alienation
when a monopoly uses its crime as a reason and excuse to
proving poor software, poor support, and high prices (both
required hardware and software).
CSS = control freak. Vendor demands from customer.
OSS = freedom and choice. Customer demands from the vendor.
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~~ Best wishes
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