<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/8/3 Martin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:martin@ml1.co.uk">martin@ml1.co.uk</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Martin Garton wrote:<br>
>> Ive just been discussing that subject via a blog post - the problem<br>
>> with this is that it encourages open source to be harder to use or<br>
>> broken, compared to proprietary. If your only way of making money is<br>
>> support, it doesnt encourage good software<br>
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> This is only true in the absence of a free market. Fortunately, we live<br>
> in the real world.<br>
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Very good points.<br>
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Note also how Microsoft also sells "anti-virus" for its very own OS...<br>
Does that suggest that the Microsoft market isn't a free market?<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Martin L<br></blockquote><div><br>Not any more. OneCare is being replaced by Microsoft Security Essentials which is free.<br><br>Simon <br></div></div>