RMS, Free software and the Ubuntu CDs

[Alexander Skwar]

Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
> Alexander Skwar <listen at alexander.skwar.name> writes:
> 
>> Alan McKinnon wrote:
>>
>>> There is an apparancy that quality is
>>> higher with commercial
>>
>> There *is*? I disagree. There's just too much unstable pre-beta
>> grade "stable" commercial software out there.
> 
> It doesn't matter much to me which is of higher quality.  What makes
> me hate commercial software so much is that I hate to pay a lot for
> crap that works poorly.  While (most) free software also works poorly,
> I can't really complain, having not paid much for it.

Yes, you're right. That's, more or less, also my feeling. If I've got
to pay for software, I expect it to work. Especially, if there's a
free alternative available; in this case, I expect not much, just that
the pay software works perfectly, has flawless & current documentation
and, most importantly, offers something, free software doesn't offer.
Nothing special. But pay software never meets these simple requirements.

Prominent example: The Hummingbird software. Be it Exceed, which has found
its master in Cygwin X. Or be it NFS Maestro, which has to compete with
MS Services For Unix (which are a tad slower) or normal NFS servers on Unix.

Alexander Skwar
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