Don't you just love windows...
I would agree to, if it was true.Randy Walker wrote:I have to agree with scurrier.
"... some or all of these points especially the open source BS cause there will never be great programs for Linux if developers are told they don’t own there software they wrote..."
Write a 2 line bash script, the first being "# (c) by Randy Walker". Et voila. You created non-free Linux software. You can sell it. Noone else. Noone will buy it though.
One can argue about stability, performance, TCO, range & quality of software when comparing Windows and Linux, but not about such issues (and really, the "Red Hat will sue you all" & "Linux is free for home use but not commercial is just big BS).
It depends on the license. And people can make a living out of selling Linux apps. Maybe a bit harder because indeed there is much GPL software outthere, but still - if it is worth the money, then people will buy.
Therefor I bought a commercial mail server setup for Linux. Funny is that it even consists entirely of free software. And still I did pay. Because they did package it nicely, every package configured to work with each other package. And because they added a nice web interface, where I can easily administer it. And also, because they spent some knowledge to make it more secure than the standard config.
Cherry on the pie is that it provides an interface (yep, I paid for that too.
) that allows me to use any function an MS Exchange server provides to Outlook clients.BTW, usually I use Debian Linux. Burning a 30MB boot CD and installing only the needed stuff. One of most cheap and lean Linux distributions - I love it. Despite that I bought SuSE 9.1 Prof. for 90 bucks some time ago. Because it offered easy installation of an AMD64 environment. They did a good job in plugging all that free stuff together. Such good jobs needs to be honored, especially if it makes life easier for me.
On that machine runs a 1000 USD Fortran compiler. 1000 USD each year. Seems to be one the best in comparison to GNU Fortran. Anyway, it was needed to run some custom made Fortran programs which cost way more money than the compiler. No Windows alternative out there, so the user decided to invest the money - and is happy (maybe noone told him that software on Linux is supposed to be free
).But there is one thing I dislike with Linux - the sheer stability of Linux. It makes me loose money. Once people are satisfied with the applications and services I did install, the servers run for years, only interrupted rarely, when there is a longer power outage. But I can truely state that none of these servers made any problems ever! Scary!
That I cannot state for the NT & Win2K Servers I - or others - did install (2003 should be better; we will see). But still I will use and offer them. When they do the job better than Linux, maybe because certain applications only exist for Win, or if they are easier to maintain or whatever. No biggy, when they do the job better, they are in. Therefor I was happy with my NT/Win2K/XP clients. Better suited for my needs. If my needs were different, I'd probably use a Mac. Or paper and pencil.
But to end this long rant; god bless the people who can afford to be religious about an OS. They are not corrupted by commerce.
