Published at LXer:

This is a kind of part two so to speak of an earlier blog entitled Freedomware. In my previous blog I talked about some of the reasons why FOSS development seems to just work so well. This time around I want to talk about an interesting thought I had in regards to answering the common question of... "why is it free?" I used to reply it is free as in freedom... to which they respond with a pause a blank stare before they either say "really" or change the subject. I have not even touched on the reaction I get when I tell them that I do not need to worry about viruses and spy ware. Why is freedomware free as in $$?

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