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Releasing a vendor lock in focused system is an act of self interest. Releasing something for the public good, open source, open for all to use is an entirely
by GhotiFish 12y ago
Releasing a vendor lock in focused system is an act of self interest.
Releasing something for the public good, open source, open for all to use is an entirely different, more applaudable action.
You don't get browny points for being baiting your traps. Even if it's fancy cheese.
- wizardly 12y agoMS can both act in self interest (it is business after all) and do something for the "public good". It's weird that you think these two marks cannot both be hit in one stroke.
- GhotiFish 12y agoyah sure. If free market was a zero sum game it would be pointless. However, I see absolutely NO reason I should applaud them for it, not when then are people making real sacrifices for open source software.
- coldtea 12y agoSometimes I'd rather buy and use something costing money, from a vendor that only sells it himself, than some free stuff offered that I think its crap. A turd of a software, even if libre, is still a turd. I won't celebrate it just because someone offers it for free. I'm not talking in general: there's excellent libre software, and excellent proprietary software too. But there's specific libre software that's just plain crap for most use cases compared to its proprietary alternative (e.g consider a high-end DAW and the libre DAWs. Or a high-end NLE and the libre NLEs). And some other libre software is mighty fine in itself, but lacks other characteristics that some proprietary software has (from 24/7 paid on the phone support, to quality documentation, to working with your preffered OS or your other infrastructure, etc). So some people can make good use of it, while for others it's not suitable.