So you mean if I could make more profit
by exclusively using or developing proprietary software than with Free Software, would
I still choose Free Software?
If it was up to me, yes I would. But if I could make a *lot* more money using or developing proprietary software I think I probably would.....and buy off this sin by investing heavily in Free Software. :) No seriously I would so I can eventually stop working for food and other necessities and spend more time on things I choose, like Free Software. Money buys different kinds of freedom.
Although I like to think that no amount of money can make me say or do things I don't believe in. Like for instance talking only bad about Free Software.
[]Judas ;)
On 5/26/06,
Ricardo Andere de Mello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This discussion is getting interesting. ;-)
Steven wrote:
> Your previous question seems to be based on the assumption that 'for
profit' and 'for believe' are mutual exclusive. I think they are not. I
believe in Free Software and still am looking for ways to earn money,
because I need to. If I could earn money by 'selling' Free Software I
would consider it a good thing, since I could combine something I need
to do with something I want to do. But if I would be 'selling' Free
Software - for whatever reason - and do not believe in or care for the
philosophy of Free Software then I would be a fake, no evangelist.
Of course that having money and doing what you like is a good thing, and
that you can have both things, but Im again asking you, if you could
only choose between a normal job with free software, and a more
profitable job without free software, what would you choose?
>
> In your example about the hero, I think he is by this definition
"hero:the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem" :)
But by this definition: "hero:man distinguished by exceptional courage
and nobility and strength" I think there is not enough information in
the example to tell.
My definition: Hero-> someone that saves another person. ;-)
>
> Also note that for the person falling it makes no difference. The
result is the same. This is also true for spreading the word about Free
Software.
Of course that for the people that is falling, it has no difference, but
does it makes difference for you?
If you say to this person that you grab him just for reflex, that you
would not do this normally, what would he learn? And if you tell him
that you grab him because you care to people, what would be the lesson?
[]s, gandhi
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