Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:24:26 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fast personal printing _without_ CUPS Message-ID: <20111029002426.b872a1d5.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20111028175401.17906e52@scorpio> References: <20111028160419.14aa5bb3@scorpio> <201110282135.p9SLZK80075050@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20111028175401.17906e52@scorpio>
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On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:54:01 -0400, Jerry wrote: > Remember the adage: "You get what you pay for." That's often true - especially in the home consumer market you mostly get crap, this is what you pay for. But in some cases, you can't control _what_ you get just per payment, means: Just because it's more expensive does NOT mean it's better than the cheaper competitor product. Money is not the selective means here. Knowledge is. Gaining that knowledge is an investment of time that traditionally pays in the end. Some have to learn that the hard way. > By the way, calling me a Fascist when a significant number of users > of Open Source are socialist is rather funny. Can you show me some evidences that proof that "a significant number of users of Open Source are socialist" please? Or may I simply dismiss this statement as a claim with _no_ backup? Really man... I'd like to know where you got THAT stupid idea from... Because I think it is wrong. Do you call big companies and small businesses socialist because they employ, let's say Linux, as the basis of their business, which is to "make money"... would you call them socialist? I'd say they're capitalist, as they're acting on a free market where they _choose_ the best product for a particular job, and the fact that this product can be purchased for free does not turn the business into a giveaway charity club! So using open source products (or let's generalize: free software) is often the _better_ solution for a capitalist (that's anyone who doesn't want to give money away for crap, as it doesn't pay!), because it maximizes revenue when you have to spend less money on software that doesn't do the job. Remember: it's ALWAYS about a particular job getting done, a requirement or a need that selects _which_ software gets purchased -- for $$$ or for 0. That has NOTHING do do with socialism. Please try to consolidate your terminology. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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