12-29-2021, 08:24 PM
(12-29-2021, 05:08 PM)ac3r Wrote: Suckers pay for software and greedy bastards expect suckers to pay for it.
Kind of like suckers pay for architecture and greedy bastards expect suckers to pay for it?
There are always some people willing to do some things for free. But most of the larger open source software are funded by either by sponsors (Apache Foundation, Linux Foundation, Apple, Google) or funded from the sales of the "non-community" editions. And most people need (and deserve) a salary for the work they do.
As to paying for software (or architecture), I like to make decisions on a case-by-case basis. I use FreeCAD because I don't need it very often. I use draw.io because I don't need the full Visio functionality. But I happily spend $100/year to get Office 365, because I feel I get good value for the money, even compared to the free options (it also gets me 5 TB of OneDrive storage).
Each one of these value decisions depends on individual needs and values, though. But I won't call someone a "sucker" just because he or she made a different decision than I did.