At 11:03 AM 11/17/2005 -0800, Kai Ponte wrote:
What do others think about the place of closed source, proprietary software running on Linux?
Though I'll get slammed by the OSS purists, I agree that - if a product has value - and the makers feel they prefer closed source, then fine. I'll buy.
I think Open Source - charged or free - is a better model in the long run, but the archaic closed-source model is fine, too.
Just my $.02
-- kai ponte /snip/
I agree. Some outfit develops a really great app deserves to be paid for it. Sure, it's wonderful that some developers put in tremendous time and work to make Open Office, or whatever, but for a good engineering design program, etc., it's mostly corporations that do the work, and they not only deserve, but _must_ be paid for that work. Something like AutoCad just is not going to come for free. Programs like MicroCap and Ansoft may offer try-out versions that work well, but are not complete. These are corporations that exist to sell software. How could they afford to just give it away? It would be nice if there were Linux versions, and maybe someday there will be. Just not yet. --doug -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.3/173 - Release Date: 11/16/2005