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0 pointsaroman11y ago0 comments

> - many of us do buy development tools and open source is just a nice to have feature

I realize this seems nit-pick-y (and for that I apologize), but that's a false dichotomy.

Open source != free. It's possible to pay/buy open source software.

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pjmlp11y ago

Yes, but I am yet to meet pure open source advocates that pay for more than just hardware.

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0 pointsaroman11y ago0 comments

> - many of us do buy development tools and open source is just a nice to have feature

I realize this seems nit-pick-y (and for that I apologize), but that's a false dichotomy.

Open source != free. It's possible to pay/buy open source software.

pjmlp11y ago

Yes, but I am yet to meet pure open source advocates that pay for more than just hardware.

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