[gchamonlive]

Paid software can be good, the problem is that the incentives aren't for it to continue being good and improving over a long period of time. The paid products that are able to maintain quality and vision are the exception.

[onlyrealcuzzo]

> Paid software can be good, the problem is that the incentives aren't for it to continue being good and improving over a long period of time.

And free software is different somehow?

People's interests are fleeting.

Someone may be dedicated to doing something right for years, and then have kids...

[gchamonlive]

It's different because if free software "dies" there are no victims, if there's community interest in the project you just fork it.

And having kids is of a completely different nature than having to appease investors quarterly.