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I thought that all the fuzz about something being close source / commercial aka overpriced is not worth a hill of beans, because if it doesn't fit your ideals/wallet you just use what fits.

But no, there's always a discourse about how unfair, unethical, greedy etc the developers of closed source / commercial aka overpriced software are, which vividly displays that the actual sentiment in these complaints is pure and simple envy, towards better things that cost more, towards developers who make a living off their own projects and don't feel obliged to worship the ideals of open source, free as in beer, cheap as in dirt etc...

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Open source software doesnt have to be free as in beer. I actually make a decent living off writing oss software. For the most part the work is like consultancy (we have paying clients request features). Despite being an oss dev I do actually pay for software I think is worth it. I think the major issue with mathematica is that it is _really_ pricy for paid software (and not great at that, ive run into many bugs with it).