On Tuesday 29 July 2008, Jean-Sebastien Perron wrote: > The last time I checked Softimage was 400$. > It's been a while like that, many software are released cheaper > and cheaper if not free. > > I don't care if Realsoft is the most expensive software (it's > expensive compared to other). I chose it. I knew what I was doing > when I invested on it. > Maybe micrososft will incluse truespace in their next vista > service pack to improve it's sales. > > Releasing free software is killing any improvement of sofware, > because the motivation/competition is just not there anymore. > > Jean-Sebastien Perron > www.CombadZ.com
I think that's a very good comment re releasing free software killing improvement of software. That is, at least as far as making development of alternative proprietary software very difficult as a commercial concern. The motivation(s) for continuing development of open-source software won't be touched by this but it will make things difficult for companies, such as Realsoft. Of course, I can't see Microsoft developing for Linux any time soon (although I think it will have to happen one day) so we may see commercial developers moving to open-source platforms to make a living, and as a by-product, making the open-source platforms more attractive. LeeE
