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Yes, but they usually aren't averse to buying proper tools if those help them do their job more efficiently.
by BjoernKW 7y ago
Yes, but they usually aren't averse to buying proper tools if those help them do their job more efficiently.
- jolmg 7y agoBeing able to make or modify the tools is not part of their profession, but it is in our case. Honestly though, I think you're confusing the issue. At least for me and I imagine some others, the problem is not so much with paying but with being able to completely own the tools by having their source. It gives a guarantee that with enough effort we'll always be able to bend the tool to our will. The fact that open source is typically free is just because it's generally hard to prevent skilled computer users from pirating software which source they have complete control over. So, it being free as in beer is just a side effect of the really valuable fact that it's free as in freedom.
- BjoernKW 7y agoWanting to completely own one's tools is good on principle. However, with tools such as an IDE that remains largely theoretical because very few users will actually change core IDE code. Therefore, for all practical intents and purposes it doesn't really make a difference if you own Eclipse or the IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition or a perpetual licence for the IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition.