Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 16, 2006 04:47 PM
What does religion have to do with anything?
Might as well make arguments that free software is better for lesbians, or african americans, or people with false teeth.
If better software costs money and comes from a company, choose it. It's why I use a Mac versus Linux for my personal setup. If better software is available freely, then choose it, instead.
Having written software now for over 20 years, for big and small companies alike, it is clear to me that a license has everything to do with the culture around the development and distribution of software, but it has nothing to do with how good or bad that software is (it's the programmers and their dedication, design, and testing that makes good software, not a swarm of people applied to the problem -- just ask Fred Brooks). And what matters to churches and religion in general (and lesbians and people with false teeth) should be the quality and usefulness of the software, not the license behind, or whether the developers were paid or not.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 16, 2006 04:47 PMMight as well make arguments that free software is better for lesbians, or african americans, or people with false teeth.
If better software costs money and comes from a company, choose it. It's why I use a Mac versus Linux for my personal setup. If better software is available freely, then choose it, instead.
Having written software now for over 20 years, for big and small companies alike, it is clear to me that a license has everything to do with the culture around the development and distribution of software, but it has nothing to do with how good or bad that software is (it's the programmers and their dedication, design, and testing that makes good software, not a swarm of people applied to the problem -- just ask Fred Brooks). And what matters to churches and religion in general (and lesbians and people with false teeth) should be the quality and usefulness of the software, not the license behind, or whether the developers were paid or not.
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