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Old 07-04-2009, 05:58 PM   #49
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Originally Posted by dmikov View Post
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.
You have perhaps missed the point that the free tools you use, and stuff like Java and MySql are very well supported by the corporate space. Certainly you don't pay for them directly, but the most of the developers who work on them earn a salary for that work.

That's very different from the calls for free creative works. Whilst IBM is very happy to sponsor developers working on Eclipse, and Sun pays for Java, neither company would see the worth in sponsoring the equivalent number of authors, artists or musicians.
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