Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 08:24:17 08/22/05
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On August 22, 2005 at 08:22:34, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >The main reason is a structural craziness of the internet. And also a reason is >the certainly justified American Law. A third factor is the so called academic >output on the base of high universitarian salaries for software producers. But >also that should be changed into commercially sound practice. > >It is absolutely crazy if people with a talent to program present their products >for "free"! At the same time they must pay real money for their living. This is >idiotic. Ok, fine, I can be so rich that I could give my creations for "free", >but STILL the users should pay a certain minimal price into sort of banque for >the whole field. > >The development now is called suicide. All the producers give their products for >"free" and then only two or three can survive. > >The whole system is a fake. The philosophy of getting all for nothing is >completely insane. It destroys the will and mind of the people. They remain >childs with a need of direct satisfaction. We see them on the internet. They >talk with academics although they don't have the minimal education and they >surely give a damn for education. > >This will lead to the decline of Western Civilization. Period. The donation of time, energy, talent and hard work by many programmers won't lead to the decline of Western Civilization. Rather, it will lead to Linux, GCC, Fruit and PostgreSQL. Exclamation point.
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