12 Jun
2007
12 Jun
'07
6:46 p.m.
On 6/12/07, Roshan d_rosh2001@yahoo.co.in wrote:
RMS once said "India is seeing Free Software as an alternative because the can build infrastructure with compartively less costs." I guess, most of us are looking at this perspective.
Only third grade stuff is free (muft). If you want quality you have to pay the price for it. RMS probably didn't get this aspect of India's mentality when he said that. I wouldn't say he's wrong though. Linux based firewalls, proxies, mail servers and web servers are quite popular because of their cost. But if they can afford it, people will love to upgrade to the "premium" proprietary services.
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Siddhesh Poyarekar
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