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Free Software Magazine: Pay a Little Now, Pay a Lot Later

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 11, 2006

[ Thanks to Dave Guard for this
link. ]

“Freedom of choice is an ideal. It’s also increasingly obvious
that it’s almost always the most pragmatic approach, whether
involving economic issues that affect billions of people or
comparison shopping for a pair of jeans. Unfortunately, the people
who voluntarily give up their own are the ones who can least afford
to do so.

“Choosing freedom or bondage isn’t very important for a typical
home computer user…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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