Date: Fri, 15 May 98 09:23:47 +0200 From: THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr To: marice@email.msn.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?R=E9p_:_Re:_commercial_software?= Message-ID: <H000057c01596753@MHS> In-Reply-To: <018901bd7f96$72f7b420$6e00cbc0@rice-home>
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Flame bait !!!!!
Just look at the email address
marice@email.msn.com
^^^
____________________________ Séparateur Réponse ________________________________
Objet : Re: commercial software
Auteur : marice@email.msn.com
Date : 15/05/98 02:14
I couldn't disagree more.
If I need some software to get a job done, I don't mind paying for it. The
creator of the software deserves to get paid for providing that software. By
buying the software (as opposed to pirating it), I am helping another human
being...I'm helping him earn a living and providing him/her incentive to
create more and better software.
I do use quite a bit of freeware, thanks to all the gracious authors.
However, I am a capitalist to the bone. I love to see new and innovative
products in the commercial world; I also love to see the creators of those
products rake in as much $$$ as possibile - they deserve it.
What you speak of just reeks of Socialism.
BTW, I _love_ Microsoft products and I think Bill Gates is King.
Michael Rice
marice@msn.com
-----Original Message-----
From: BEAUPRE Antoine <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA>
To: Jochen.Solbrig@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
<Jochen.Solbrig@urz.uni-heidelberg.de>
Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: commercial software
>Speaking for myself, I'd say I'm using FreeBSD for more philosophical
>reasons than anything. I'd say that the principle is to keep the code free
>and the apps free. I don't know and/or don't care wether commercial
>software is better, it's the principle behind it that sucks. This fits in
>the illusion that nobody will get a job done if it's for free. D*mn it!
>We're humans! We got to help each other, not profit of each other.
>
>Maybe I'm going too far on this but I don't care. If I want commercial
>software, I'll go see King Gates III.
>
>Boycott Micro$oft!
>
>Spidey
>
>
>> On 5/14/98, at 4:16 PM, Jochen Solbrig wrote:
>>
>> >hello!
>> >
>> >i'm interested in what freebsd users think about using
>> >commercial software. most linux users seem to only
>> >tolerate(?) it.
>> >
>> >bye,
>> > jochen
>> >
>> >
>> > |||
>> > ____O O____ Jochen
>> > I U I Solbrig
>> > I nnn I
>> > -----
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