Linked by Andrew Davis on Mon 22nd Nov 2004 20:12 UTC
I admit that I'm a geek. I use Linux. I use Solaris. I use FreeBSD. At times, I use Windows. And without a doubt, I download and try almost every Linux distribution when they come out. Over the last few years, I've tried all of the RedHat/Fedora releases, 2 different Lindows/Linspire releases, Mandrake, Gentoo, Xandros, Suse, Ubuntu, and the list goes on.
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"ok.. i dont know if this has been said before.. but why on earth would you pay for software that is meant to be free?"
Two reasons...
1. Time is money.
2. Not everyone is a computer wiz.
It's the same reason we pay to have someone else cut our hair, even though we could do it ourselves.
Try this experiment...
Take an average computer user. Set a computer running Linux in front of them. Tell them to install GIMP.
Now, come back a day later and it still won't be installed. (Remember, I said "average" computer user...you know, the receptionist at your office, your mom, your uncle, your barber, etc.)
Should these people be forced to spend all that time learning how to do this? Or could they pay for a "service" to do this for them? Should they be forced to learn to cut their own hair? Or should they have the OPTION of paying someone to do this for them?
We believe Linux has value to everyone, not just the technical minds. We have 85 full-time employees working to make Linux easy and accessible to the non-technical user. We charge a fair price for this service, just as your barber, baby sitter, McDonalds, Red Hat, Novell, or Jiffy Lube charges for the services they provide.
Kevin