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>>>>> On 20 Aug 92 22:45:30 GMT, kds@phy.duke.edu (Stokes Kevin) said:

sk>   It would be nice if everything in the world were free.  If I
sk> wrote programs and gave them away for free, and I lived off food
sk> given to me by farmers for free, and GM gave me cars for free.
sk> However, this is not human nature.

sk>   In reality, I would NOT write programs and distribute them with
sk> no payback.  I might write a few small programs to amuse myself,
sk> but would never spend any time on trying to figure O]out what the
sk> people want.

Ah, but the point is that the people contribute what they want ! Take
a look at GNU Emacs, for example. Much of it has been written by users
needing a certain feature.

If I find a bug in the system software, all I can do is call IBM, who
has to spend time and money to fix it (*if* they fix it). On the other
hand, if I find a bug in free software I have installed, I usually try
to make a patch to send to the author.

The result is: much free software is much better than commercial
equivalents.

Bas de Bakker.