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Originally Posted by Tuna
That's an interesting point, and one where I think you can see the consequences in one area of the market at least. Compare the number and quality of paid apps for the iPhone with the same in the 'free market'. Compare with the Google Android Market and things get even worse. Apple have found a new way to make a paid market work with modern technology - and look what benefits it has brought.
In that area at least I feel it's clear that 'paid creativity' trounces 'free creativity'. It also shows how much 'freedom' can actually limit your choices. If the same applied to music and writing (and why wouldn't it?) we'd see quite a chilling effect on creative works.
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I actually have a different experience, where free software actually being better, sometimes much better then paid one. I work as a programer and half of the tools I use is free, not because company saving money, but because they are best. I am also getting a lot of freebies even from Microsoft, develpers there post a lot of things they do for free.
And let's not forget Java, Linux, MySql, Ruby etc.