-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 06:46:10PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: >> I agree with you, but I can tell you why that is so. Most companies >> don't trust things that come for volunteer organizations. The attitude >> of many people is "it's worth what you pay for it", which means that >> free software has no value to them. The attitude is quite prelevant in >> the western world where capitalism has a strong firmhold. >> > Which is of course *hilarious*. Of course those people fail to realize > that the Internet runs on a protocol stack that was designed by a bunch > of academics and college students. The reference implementation of > which is still probably one of the most pervasive pieces of software in > any network-connected machine today. > > Anytime somebody tells me that "free => worthless", I immediately lose a > great deal of respect for that person. Not to say that you can't get > really good stuff by paying lots of money. Just that there is little or > no correlation between the price of a piece of software and its quality. > > Regards, > > -Roberto > Exactly so.
Unfortunately, the belief is fostered by the big companies. There is a saying in English, "You get what you pay for". The same saying is in Dutch as well, "Goedkoop is duurkoop" which translates to: Cheap is expensive. Sayings like these just reinforce the idea that free software is worthless. Let them think so, and companies can use GPL code to make money. Several are already doing so. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF/QI2iXBCVWpc5J4RAt4fAJ9JFbG08zNAGkp4bdrAlXQFPTP9jgCggsUD QqCDF4+fTSXXDMaFCyzYINs= =J3Pu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
