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Free is about freedom, not price.
by jeffdavis 9y ago
Free is about freedom, not price.
- TheAceOfHearts 9y agoSo, freedom is only for the rich?
- gaius 9y agoIn business there is no "cheap" or "expensive". There is only "worth the money" or "not".
- jeffdavis 9y agoFreedom is sometimes efficient enough that it costs nothing to have freedom. Other times, there are real or artificial barriers that mean freedom has a cost. In those cases, someone has to bear the cost or forego freedom.
- comex 9y agoThat's not the point; the context of the post you replied to was people that "claim to want an open-source chip, but end up balking at its price tag".
- jeffdavis 9y agoExactly, freedom isn't always the cheapest or most efficient.