[ Thanks to Gene
Alexander for this link. ]
“This article has been bounding and jumping around in
the nether regions of my mind for quite a while now. It decided
today that it needs to be set free.“Everyone of us has heard or read some form of the old phrase,
“You get what you pay for!”. The gist of this phrase is basically
if something is “free” or low cost it is probably worth nothing or
very little. However, is this true when applied to Free Open Source
Software (FOSS) and Linux? Looking at my usage of both I would have
to say a resounding, “No!”.“As an advocate for using FOSS in general and Linux in
particular I have pondered this apparent conundrum for a long time.
With FOSS and Linux I get “free” software and it is worth quite a
lot to me in terms of usability and function. Frankly, both would
be worth quite a lot to anyone who used them. The fact that the
software is free of a monetary cost in most cases does not make it
worthless.”