One huge point that is often not brought up is that if an organisation needed some piece of functionality fixed or added to a piece of OSS then they can *pay* somebody to add or fix it.
The whole point of modern civilisation is that one does not and even *can* not be an expert in everything, but we can pay others to be experts for us. With closed source software we don't even have *that* choice. Regards, Zane On Sun, 2002-11-10 at 23:53, Jeremy Bertenshaw wrote: > Sure, thats fine if you're the ~2-3% of users who are > able to / want to modify their apps/OS/etc... they sound > like the types who just want it to be easy and work. > > > From: Hamish McBrearty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2002/11/11 Mon AM 11:35:40 GMT+13:00 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Microsoft OS's for free? > > > > I actually had a conversation about this sort of thing with some students. > > They were telling me how much they liked Windows because you always know > > how to use it. My come back was Windows is like a Big Mac, you can mess > > with the cosmetic thing (ie. pickles or no pickles) but ultimately it > > still tastes the same. What if I want a chicken burger? Sure, I gotta make > > it myself, but it's free. And I can choose if I want fries with it or not > > (Windows Media Player, MSN Messenger) > > >
