Hello Simon, On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:33:18 +0100 GMT (28/Jul/09, 6:33 AM +0700 GMT), Simon wrote:
>> Hello <...snip long stuff...> free? S> Just so there is no unnecessary hostility poking through here, whatever S> position you are defending I am not on the other side of it threatening it S> in any way, so you may want to relax on the adversarial stuff. Great, thanks for making that clear. S> And just in case it needs to be made clear, I am not an advocate of theft, S> crime, stealing software, or any other such activities. Neither would I S> suggest that people take want they want when they want it. And I haven't S> proposed that everything in the world should be free for everyone, although S> you seem to inferring that I have. For whatever reason you maybe just S> misunderstanding, or maybe I am. It matters not, because I don't advocate a S> 'free for all' anything...or slavery :-/ OK. This is clear now. :-) S> My home PC has a mixture of commercial and freeware and Open Source software S> on it....if it isn't free or within my budget it doesn't get installed. This exactly was my point. We seem to be thinking the same way after all. S> For example, I purchased TB! right back near the 'beginning' and S> continue to pay for upgrades. I do the same for a number of other S> pieces of software as well. But if all the other software I S> currently use was commercial software then I would never be able to S> afford to use much of anything....and this would severely limit S> what I use the computer for. I see what you mean. There is some softeware on my computer for which I didn't pay the upgrade fee any more - and stick with the "old" version. S> I purchased WinRAR when I had DOS and WFWG 3.11 and the licence I purchased S> way back then has licensed me for all versions since that time. A number of S> software authors use this model.Rarlab still exists, and release regular S> updates. And without me paying, paying again, and paying again, and again... I have the same with Total Commander. However, when I purchased the new office computer for the new company a year ago, I bought new licences rather than moving the old ones. I could have, but I thought they are doing a good job. S> Commercial software authors are just like everyone else, vying for a portion S> of the pie, a slice of the limited and finite resources that people have S> available to them. They are selling a product and hope to convince people S> that it is worth paying our for...often over and over again. The simple fact S> is that only a few will be able to make a decent living from this practice, S> not the many...and those that believe that they deserve to make a living S> just because they are creating something are misguided, and haven't worked S> out that it is other people value their product, not them. If you get that S> wrong, then you don't get paid....and you'll need to look for another way to S> make money. I agree with this. That is why it is important for software developers who make a living of it to produce software that people are willing to pay for. The competition is ever-improving, you have to keep step ahead. -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.2.9 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.2.9.1 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
