Zlatan Todoric <zla...@riseup.net> writes:

> On 07/16/2015 06:55 PM, martin f krafft wrote:
>
>> 
>> 1. to differentiate it from a free offering, since — and we all 
>> know this — something that's free cannot be as good as something 
>> that one has to pay money for.
>
> Well, not all. You see, I am a Debian user and although it primarily
> is Free (as in freedom) it's also free (as in beer) but still it's a
> lot better then alternatives for which I would need to pay money for.

Martin had his toungue firmly in his cheek when he said that (i.e. he
was making a joke) -- I think you can be confident that we've all
noticed that Debian is both Gratis and quite good.

That said, it is a fact that if you charge someone for something, they
will almost always pay more attention (all other things being equal, and
assuming they've not already devoted a decade or two of their lives to
the free thing, in which case they're already paying attention).

FWIW I thought this seemed like rather a good idea of Martin's.

Cheers, Phil.
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