[Nottingham] Why free software shouldn't depend on Mono or C#

[Martin]

Martin Garton wrote:
>> Ive just been discussing that subject via a blog post - the problem  
>> with this is that it encourages open source to be harder to use or  
>> broken, compared to proprietary. If your only way of making money is  
>> support, it doesnt encourage good software
> 
> This is only true in the absence of a free market.  Fortunately, we live
> in the real world.

Very good points.


Note also how Microsoft also sells "anti-virus" for its very own OS... 
Does that suggest that the Microsoft market isn't a free market?

Cheers,
Martin L

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