"Bradly J. Barton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:34881@palm-dev-forum...
>
> > It is a known fact that there is a "software crisis".
> > For years now. Not enough available software for
> > the right price and the users needs.
>
> For as long as there has been software, people have been pirating
it. Its a
> fact of life. Its comments like this one.. "the right price" that
the
> hackers and crackers use to justify their efforts.
>
> > Many guys waste their time breaking (cracking,
> > hacking) instead of _creating_ software.
>
> But they do it because they think they are doing the world a service
since
> they think the "right price" should be free. They paid enough for
the
> computer, why should they have to buy software, too?
>
> Some do it because they want to prove that nothing can stop them, no
law can
> keep them from posting it, no one can track it back to them, and
there isn't
> a protection method that can't be broken. (I believe Aaron
mentioned this
> in his paper?)
>
> > Wouldn't it be better helping them get new stuff
> > _created_ than old stuff hacked?
>
> But then you don't get that same rush you got as a kid when you
stole a pack
> of baseball cards....
>
> > Currently I believe "OpenSource" is the way to go.
>
> I knew Open Source would enter in to this discussion.. it always
does. This
> is another thing crackers use to justify their cause. Programs
should be
> free, source should be open, and software that doesn't follow this
view
> deserves to be cracked. Before anyone flames me, I'm not calling
Open Source
> fans crackers, but I believe a lot of crackers are Open Source
fans... it
> meets their ideal of getting something for nothing.
Reading your posting makes me think I look like someone
supporting hacking. I can only say I don't.
But it's up to you if you believe me or not.
One fact is hacking is not at all necessary if one can
get his hand on the source. Have you ever found a Linux
warez site?
Another fact is that programmers spend time, money,
resources in creating software. And even programmers
need food, a bed, a place to live.
I don't see a way how making money and creating
opensource software can sit in the same boat.
That's one of the unsolved riddles with it.
> > But I admit: I may be wrong.
>
> True.. and so might I. I think Open Source is a fad that will die
out as
> quickly as many of the dot coms have.. not because its a bad idea,
but
> because its a bad idea for making money. If the source is open, only
the
> coder gets paid, not the guy the coder worked for.
>
> One last thing, to avoid having a prolonged thread on this subject,
this is
> the one and only time I will respond to this thread. Everyone,
please
> consider doing the same. If you want a longer discussion on
> this off topic
> subject, consider starting another mailing list on e-groups. :)
I want to write software :-)
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bye
ranf
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