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- From: peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
- Subject: Re^2: Why do people want PD software?
- Message-ID: <3@global.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 14:57:56 GMT
- References: <1992Aug19.180643.24274@PA.dec.com> <Bt9HK2.8w8@ef2007.efhd.ford.com>
- Organization: Global Village 1
- Lines: 25
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- mjo@ef2007.efhd.ford.com (Mike O'Connor) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Aug19.180643.24274@PA.dec.com>
- >reisert@sttng.mlo.dec.com (Jim Reisert) writes:
-
- >purchase software. Also, with PD/shareware, one tends to get "da
- >source" rather than "vendor support" which in some circles is A Good
- >Thing (tm).
- Very little shareware is availlable with sources. And yes, it is A Good
- Thing (tm) to have sources:
-
- - bugs can be fixed immediately (you never know if and when a vendor fixes
- bugs)
- - customizations can be made (again, you don't have to wait for the vendor)
- - it's nice to learn from other programs
- - it means that I can buy a new system without being a hostage of my old
- system (if I type my letters in WP under DOS, and I move to... say a Sun,
- then what am I going to do with my letters?)
- - often PD software is better than commercial software (GCC is for instance
- one of the best C compilers in the world, NeXT and BSDI use it too).
- - support can't be dropped and you can never be forced to upgrade if you
- don't want to.
-
- Greetings,
- Peter Busser
-