Software Kingdoms
“free to view, modify, and extend” even more than it meant “free of charge” (or, as the developer community likes to explain, free as in “free speech,” not “free beer”). In contrast, Microsoft
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Quality software deserves your hard‑earned cash
Quality software from independent makers is like quality food from the farmer’s market. A jar of handmade organic jam is not the same as mass-produced corn syrup-laden jam from the supermarket.
Industrial fruit jam is filled with cheap ingredients and shelf stabilizers. Industrial software is filled... See more
I was first attracted to open source – public code that everybody relies upon – after observing that its developers are creating trillions of dollars in economic value, while giving away their code for free.