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

[Simon Osborne]

2009/8/3 Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk>

> 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
>

Not any more. OneCare is being replaced by Microsoft Security Essentials
which is free.

Simon
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