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Re:Build apps not businesses. by colinyoung on Tuesday December 28, 2010 @11:42AM (#2045877)
> DHH lambasts the weird aversion we software guys have to charging money for things.

You know, I kind of like that we have this aversion. If the Internet is the first true global common space, the open source 'movement' is one of the coolest things we've ever done as humans let alone software developers.

Not to drink the Koolaid too much. Just think about it, is my point.

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Re:Build apps not businesses. by deffibaugh on Tuesday December 28, 2010 @01:03PM (#2046151)
Open source does not equal free. There is simply no reason that something you pay for can't also allow you to extend the code or make changes yourself. Personally, I wish I could just pay for more things and not be blasted with advertising all of the time. I love it when apps such as Pandora give me that option.
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