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"Now why would somebody invest time in something like Paint.NET, freemium, developed by a single guy that may lose interest or vanish tomorrow" Because deliver
by math 12y ago
"Now why would somebody invest time in something like Paint.NET, freemium, developed by a single guy that may lose interest or vanish tomorrow"
Because delivers enormous value, doesn't require much effort to learn, is already mature and um doesn't cost me anything to use?
- bad_user 12y agoI deleted my original comment because it was mean and not deserved. However on not costing you anything, software is never free as in cost of ownership. Ask the folks that still suffer after Google Reader.
- KnightHawk3 12y agoBut my install of Paint.Net will still work if it disappears tomorrow.
- bad_user 12y agoNot if you upgrade to a version of Windows or .NET that breaks backwards compatibility.
- jerf 12y agoYou've proved too much now; if you're going to follow through with that argument, rather than just lob it into the discussion with an "any weapon to hand in the moment" philosophy, you just proved you can't use any software, ever, because someday, you might not be able to use it.
- partomniscient 12y agoHow about instead appreciating the different scenario outcomes between stand-alone OS-native installable software and "software as a service", and then the variations within each - a multidimensional hue with Stallman GNU/Open Source/BSDs/Linux etc. close to each other at one bundle of ends, nowhere near the Googles, Apples, Oracles and Microsofts etc. at various others, surrounding a kind of "works on my machine(s)" conglomeration in the middle with varying levels of documentation and support. The more rugs that get pulled from under you, the more you appreciate what your abdication of control loses you and the experience gained hopefully makes your next decision a wiser one.