I would not say that I am tight, in fact I would consider myself the opposite.
I do however like to have choices. If I have the choice of paying say $1000 for (legal) proprietary software to do all that I do with free Linux software I do not think twice about it. I am sure that the same picture painted to any congregation may provoke similar sentiments. Regards, Robert Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windscreen. -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Dunford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 26 February 2004 10:04 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Church opensource. Nick Rout wrote: >On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 16:36, Patrick Dunford wrote: > > >Linux will give most people a cost saving. That has been justified to you a >number of times in this thread. If you can't see it think again. Either you >pay licensing fees (be they minimal or substantial) or you don't. With MS >products you do, with the equivalent open source products, for the job we are >discussing, you don't pay. full stop. > > > The reason why cost saving is not a big deal is that most people I know in church circles aren't that tight.
