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I have a diferent point of view
beamrider2600:
I don't think windows is easy to use at all. The biggest challanges to a new user are when things go wrong - when the unexpected happens. Windows is a very unstable operating system - things are far more likely to go wrong and therefore it couldn't be a worse platform to learn on. Even if you start out on Linux at least you can learn how to use it and know it'll work as expected.
insomnia:
quote:Originally posted by worker201:
Like Bedouin says, it depends on what your community is. As a Linux user, support means bug reports, donations, art submissions, etc. But in the Mac community, this may just mean sending $10 to a shareware developer. A lot of Mac software is free, but not open source. If I build autoconf or gnutls from source on my Mac, it's really more of a support to GNU than it is to Apple. Supporting Apple means something else entirely. Apple makes good software and good hardware, and I am willing to put my money where my mouth is.
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What a nice community.
Give us your money and you're part of it.
[ September 07, 2004: Message edited by: insomnia ]
Laukev7:
quote:Originally posted by insomnia:
What a nice community.
Give us your money and you're part of it.
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The best part of it is that you can contribute both by giving money in exchange for innovative and top quality software AND by giving code to the Darwin community.
[ September 07, 2004: Message edited by: Laukev7 / BOB ]
worker201:
quote:Originally posted by insomnia:
What a nice community.
Give us your money and you're part of it.
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Thats not exactly what I meant. Once the hardware and basic software are purchased, things are voluntary. Donating $20 to the Mozilla project and paying $20 for a piece of shareware that I think is really cool are pretty much the same thing. There's no requirement, and you give of your own free will, to support the producers of quality software. They don't make money off it, but I want to encourage them to keep at it, because they are on the right track.
insomnia:
quote:Originally posted by worker201:
Thats not exactly what I meant. Once the hardware and basic software are purchased, things are voluntary. Donating $20 to the Mozilla project and paying $20 for a piece of shareware that I think is really cool are pretty much the same thing.
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You seem to have a different opinion on 'community' software.
When developers share their code, or even better, make it entirely free, they make it a community project.
As for closed source payware, it doesnt belong to any community, every individual has to pay for it and they will never fully own it.(This doesn't mean it's bad software.)
(Unless the Shareware you mean is all OSS)
[ September 07, 2004: Message edited by: insomnia ]
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