On 12/8/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> They'd still > be paid for the services and labor they incurred, which are real costs > by the way - so why should government pay for artificial costs like > onerous per-seat, per-user and per-CPU licenses? > What the hell is wrong with per-seat/per-user/per-CPU license acquisition costs? You pay for the water service on a per-liter/gallon rate, you pay for electricity on a per-kilowatt-hour per connection rate, and you pay for rice on a per-kilogram rate. So what if acquiring a license to use the software is rated differently? What makes that onerous?!
Because you are getting something tangible. Electricity is generated by burning fuel which is bought abroad. You are paying for the fuel indirectly. Water is pumped and cleaned and then distributed. Software is different. I understand that i get paid to build software and i get paid to distribute the software but payment for its use! Thats a big swindle! Thats only possible because you have a monopoly on the equipment and brainpower to produce software. Its like me saying, "You have a lot of money but i own the pass". Payment for maintenance yes but for using it no way! Its mine its in my hands i do whatever i want to do with it. Its mine im not renting it! when i buy a car i cant change the engine why cant i do something similar with software? If i buy a hammer i can do whatever i want with it. I can even redistribute it. I can add things to it. I can even drill holes in it. Whatever. Paying to use the software is onerous. I pay for one copy i should be able to create more copies. If i want to extend it then i extend it. The root of the matter is, the tools for creating software is not monopolized by the few anymore. Anyone with the capability can create software. So there is nothing the software companies can do to stop people from creating software that they need. Everyday new software is created and one by one proprietary software will be replaced by these. -- the thing i like with my linux pc is that i can sum up my complaints in 5 items _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
