'Ello Thomas, On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:44:29 +0700 (your time) you said:
> Hello <...snip long stuff...> free? Just so there is no unnecessary hostility poking through here, whatever position you are defending I am not on the other side of it threatening it in any way, so you may want to relax on the adversarial stuff. And just in case it needs to be made clear, I am not an advocate of theft, crime, stealing software, or any other such activities. Neither would I suggest that people take want they want when they want it. And I haven't proposed that everything in the world should be free for everyone, although you seem to inferring that I have. For whatever reason you maybe just misunderstanding, or maybe I am. It matters not, because I don't advocate a 'free for all' anything...or slavery :-/ My home PC has a mixture of commercial and freeware and Open Source software on it....if it isn't free or within my budget it doesn't get installed. For example, I purchased TB! right back near the 'beginning' and continue to pay for upgrades. I do the same for a number of other pieces of software as well. But if all the other software I currently use was commercial software then I would never be able to afford to use much of anything....and this would severely limit what I use the computer for. I purchased WinRAR when I had DOS and WFWG 3.11 and the licence I purchased way back then has licensed me for all versions since that time. A number of software authors use this model.Rarlab still exists, and release regular updates. And without me paying, paying again, and paying again, and again... Commercial software authors are just like everyone else, vying for a portion of the pie, a slice of the limited and finite resources that people have available to them. They are selling a product and hope to convince people that it is worth paying our for...often over and over again. The simple fact is that only a few will be able to make a decent living from this practice, not the many...and those that believe that they deserve to make a living just because they are creating something are misguided, and haven't worked out that it is other people value their product, not them. If you get that wrong, then you don't get paid....and you'll need to look for another way to make money. -- Simon (Privateofcourse) #29051. Who Win Dog Seer? ¶ Auxiliary Information: • The Bat! Pro 4.2.9.1 • Windows XP Pro 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 • Scanned by avast! Plugin 4.8.1335 DB 090727-0 (27.07.2009) ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.2.9.1 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
