Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Here are some short examples. I have a Viewsonic 15" digital flat panel
> monitor with ATI XpertLCD card. Xig has a commercial X server that
> drives it. XFree86 doesn't support it. The cost of the X server is
> worth it, because without it, I would be forced to us another display
> device.
This is mainly the result of ATI not giving out the specs (for whatever
reason - possibly an agreement with Xig ;-p )
> The cost of BSDI is well worth it for me, because of the high
> reliability and performance of the OS is well worth the cost. Free
> software is nice, but for me, the cost of commercial software is a
> bargain considering the benefits it provides.
The fact of being commercial does not automatically make software
high reliability and performance.
Just imagine a scenario where the current PostgreSQL development team
had a bunch of marketing/management guys who had made commitments based
on our initial release date estimates. I bet that the release would have
been still a "little" late but without most of the enchancements and
much more buggy.
> (This doesn't mean I don't support open software. I am a PostgreSQL
> developer.)
>
> Who do you want to write your heart monitor software?
Someone with deep pockets and tight schedules of course, so my relatives
could sue them afterwards ;)
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Hannu