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by coldpie 3478 days ago
> The GNU/Linux culture is all about the ideology of having stuff for free

Uh, no. It's about having the freedom to fix, improve, or otherwise modify the software you use. Being free-as-in-beer happens to be a requirement for that, but it isn't the goal. Think about it this way: free software developers get paid to do work, instead of getting paid for having done work like proprietary software developers. You pay me to implement feature X, which is then released to the world for further improvement in the future.
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pjmlp 3478 days ago
Why should I bother to pay you, if others do the work for free to build portfolio for job interviews?
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0x6c6f6c 3478 days ago
To get whichever offers the best experience? Seems like a pointless question, functionality is a large deciding factor.

When they're equivalent products there's really not much to pay for though. That should push the costly product to improve more or else lose sales.

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pjmlp 3478 days ago
Hence why most business rather get themselves busy with Mac, Windows and app stores in what concerns desktop and mobile software.
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coldpie 3478 days ago
Well, do you want the work done or not?
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pjmlp 3478 days ago
The point I was trying to make was why the culture of free-as-beer doesn't lead to successful commercial desktop software on GNU/Linux.
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coldpie 3478 days ago
The point I'm trying to make is no one wants commercial desktop software on Linux. We want software we can fix and improve without requiring anyone's permission.
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pjmlp 3477 days ago
Which is precisely the point that drove me back to Windows, Mac and mobile platforms.

No point trying to play D. Quixote attempting business on the desktop with such mentality.

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