Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

On 2011-05-30 5:22 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
> On 05/30/2011 03:46 PM, Tanstaafl wrote:
> > On 2011-05-30 2:53 PM, Roland Hughes wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 14:34 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
> > > It's a common cultural problem in the OpenSource community.  Everyone
> > > thinks "they" deserve all software for free, but if you have a company
> > > or business email address "you" should spend all of your money so that
> > > they can continue to have free software.  It doesn't matter what
> > > OpenSource operating system or application/software package you are
> > > using, this irrational response persists.  I imagine it is even more
> > > persistent in the LO world since they just cut free of "Sugar Daddy"
> > > and now need a revenue source.

> > I've never seen or noticed such an attitude - certainly not anything
> > nearly as pervasive or prevalent as you seem to by suggesting.

> Well, that attitude has been seen before by some people I know.   "I get
> mine free, while you have to pay for yours"  , is the mindset I see
> myself from time to time.
>
> Open Source does cost.

I didn't say it doesn't cost anything...

I said I didn't see the attitude exhibited as described by Roland.

And what you then go on to describe is *not* the same thing as Roland
described, not even close...

Of course free software costs... and I for one am very appreciative of
the efforts (yours and others, here and elsewhere) of those who make
free software possible.

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