Zane H. Healy wrote:
> >Yeah, then there's that really big market of Linux users who love to
> >pay for software.
>
> At the moment I see this as being the chief problem. There are a few
> people that are willing to pay for stuff. Part of the problem is the stuff
> you get for free is better quality in a lot of cases that what you pay for.
> In that respect it rememinds me of OS/2, every commercial App I ever bought
> for OS/2 except the one game I got, was of worse quality than the free
> stuff.
The same uusally is true for BBS programs as well. One good example is Maximus
- free to general users and a great program with plentyu of support and in many
OS versions. Then take a pay BBS - ProBoard...Phillipe Lebeyart has promised a
32 bit OS version for 3 years now, and has finally dropped out of it without
even a good beta.
Not saying ALL free BBS programs are good or ALL pay ones are bad. Mustang puts
out a good product as well as the makers of PCboard. The problem is that when
you call it a pay bbs, you mean it's a PAY BBS, not cheap in the least - but
worth it if that's what you need.
Speaking of Linux....I just got a CD that says Debian LINUX LUG/nut (with a 5
over the nut) made by SSC of Seattle. Anyone know if this is a LINUX OS disk?
Linux is new to me and I really haven't had time to dealve into it.
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Received on Tue Sep 01 1998 - 14:20:57 BST