Am Dienstag, 22. September 2009 03:15:34 schrieb [email protected]: > > The means they use is to provide a Pro version which offers improved > > performance by some changes which everyone could do himself in the > > sources. > > Err... I don't quite get it. So is it free software what they sell? Do > they provide the modified sources?
Jupp - it's just that nobody takes the trouble of compiling those.
All that "Pro Version" stuff is in my view just a very neat marketing stunt -
and they make very good money from it.
What it really brings: More connectsions (configuration change) and a bit more
aggressive downloads (configuration change). Essentially they lessen a config
restriction - but I could do that myself by building from SVN.
Giving people prebuilt binaries and an automatic update service can be quite a
nice deal. And the basic version gets people fixed on the product :)
> > You won't be able to create a self-running money machine, though.
>
> Very few people manage to do that with proprietary software. So few in
> fact that it's insiginifcant. I don't think it's even appropriate to
> mention it in this context... It's just not true that people writing
> proprietary software get richer than those writing free software.
Maybe my view is bent by M$ - and Apple (proprietary GUI). These are the ones
I mostly see as making big money (with products for regular people).
Best wishes,
Arne
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