Ontario Education ministry buys Star Office

[Peter King]

On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 05:21:14PM -0700, Zbigniew Koziol wrote:

> Well, I am often surprized when I hear on a Linux list that it is good to
> pay for software.

Being committed to open-source software does not mean that one is
committed to no-cost software. Free as in speech does not entail free as
in beer -- too bad!

Personally, I find that everything I need to do with a computer is
pretty well handled by no-cost open-source software. But I would be
happy to pay for the same open-source software if that were the only 
way to get it (while remaining open-source of course). If Linus asked
us all for $10 a year so he could keep doing things exactly as he does
them now, I'd send my money in tomorrow.

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