[forum] Re: XFree86 4.4.0 RC3

[Jay Cotton]

mark kandianis wrote:

having no fees means more development not less.  i i wish the us
government would pick up on that idea they seem to think that more
fees is more services, boy are they foolish.

mark.


um.  Mark, software costs money, it does not matter where it comes from
or who writes it.  If its to be Open Source, then, it has to be packaged
tested and deployed.

The maintenance must be done also.  You can rely on Open Source for 
maintenance, but you have to pay someone to get the free work done.

 From my point of view, there is no such thing as 'free', lower cost
maybe, not free.


A point, would you work full time for nothing ?


JC

-- 
	 Jay Cotton 		     Jay.Cotton@sun.com
	 408 635 0621  x11621
	 Sun Microsystems Inc.
	 2515 North First Street, MS USJC07-201
	 San Jose, CA 95131
	 Sun Microsystems Inc. - X11 Server Group
          User Experience Engineering

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended
recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information.
Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited.
If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by
reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~