____/ Mark Kent on Monday 01 October 2007 13:15 : \____
> High Plains Thumper <highplainsthumper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> [H]omer wrote:
>>> Roy Schestowitz spake:
>>>
>>>> The idea of /artificial/ limitation is very troubling to the mind.
>>>
>>> Like having to pay an extra couple of hundred quid just to get Aero?
>>>
>>> Imagine if a GNU/Linux vendor tried to do that with Compiz! There'd be a
>>> riot. Not that it'd last long though, since everyone would just
>>> download it from freedesktop.org.
>>>
>>> Ah the power of Free Software.
>>
>> .... and Beryl is free. :-)
>>
>
> Proprietary models are all about locking-in, exit barriers, and
> controlling user behaviour - about restrictions management. Free
> software is all about providing a service people want to pay for because
> it is valuable to them.
That's what attracts the good developer who contribute the most cutting-edge
eye candy to Linux.
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