What better business than to get people pay for something which is free?
The question is who is really benefiting from this?
On 10 May 2017 9:12 p.m., "S Moonesamy" <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com> wrote:
> Hi Gavin,
>
> I came across a blog article about "On the State of Open Source" a few
> weeks ago: https://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=6296 I'll highlight a part
> of the article:
>
> "The community today isn't about sharing or discovery; it's about people
> being cheap and demanding free services from you - something F/OSS
> was never about."
>
> There was a time when people on the island used to exchange shareware.
> Nowadays, it is easy for anyone in Mauritius to download free software
> (Open Source Software). Unfortunately, there isn't a mindset of sharing in
> Mauritius. Furthermore, Open Source is a lucrative business while it is
> being promoted as in Mauritius as something being done for charitable
> purposes.
>
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
>
>
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