On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 09:44:12 +1300 Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Nick Rout wrote: > > > support is the one thing left out of this analysis. Support is expensive. > > Yes. Quite right. Good point. > > Although many forms of information have no functional component (e.g. > books, music, and video) so there is little to support. thats true too, which is why its so easy to set up peer to peer and share music/video/books, the end product requires no support beyond educating the user to double click an mp3/avi etc. > > But yes, software does need to be supported. And, as you point out, the > goodwill of the programmer that led to the creation of the software in > the first place is also often relied upon for support. Although, for > widely used software, the community can become the support. Witness this > very list. > > Cheers, > Carl. > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
