Actually using "free" software, I'm not sure how to view its developers as anything but suckers. I would have paid for development and infrastructural software.

Actually using "free" software, I'm not sure how to view its developers as anything but suckers. I would have paid for development and infrastructural software. But I didn't, because there were always suckers out there who thought they were philosophers rather than professionals. The best thing you can say about free software is that it lowers costs for operating a business. It's the difference between going to Sam's Club rather than Walmart, only moreso. Again, philosophers may disagree.