On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 11:27:43AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 9/13/2022 12:36 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 03:32:27PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > > > [...] "I can't get personalized/dedicated support with enforceable > > > SLAs for free" > > If the requirement that maintainers and developers of free/oss software must > actually > fix the bugs reported to them is not enforced, then free/oss software *is* > vulnerable to > all kinds of malicious activity by the "volunteers" who create the free/oss > software. > > > > > Had I a printer, I'd print out this, frame it and hang it on the > > wall. This makes the point very nicely :-) > > > > Cheers > > Yes, it is true, no one should use Debian or any software maintained by > totally > unaccountable "volunteers" for any mission-critical purpose without also > hiring > someone with the time and expertise to do what is necessary to make such > software > secure and bug-free for the intended purpose of the software. That is, users > must *not trust* the volunteers who maintain and develop Debian software to > act in > the interest of the user [...]
But how is that different from commercial software? The commercial entity is bound to the shareholders and to the paying customers -- based on how much they pay for. If you, as a customer, are shelling out a significant amount of money, you can as well pay a dedicated person to keep your free software in shape. Probably the price-performance ratio will be better. Cheers -- t
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