[Fsf-friends] No warranty is the best warranty for free software

[Annamalai Gurusami]

Ramanraj K <ramanraj@md4.vsnl.net.in> writes:

> Chandrashekhar Mullaparthi wrote:
> 
> >On 23/12/03 12:10 pm, "Annamalai Gurusami"
> ><annamalai.gurusami@email.masconit.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Chandrashekhar Mullaparthi <chandrashekhar.mullaparthi@t-mobile.co.uk> writes:
> >>
> >>>Well, I dont agree with the analogy. A book is for learning about something.
> >>>Usually, software is a tool/utility.
> >>>
> >>>Like Ramanraj said in a message previously, if a book is crap, the author
> >>>wont sell anymore and that is the end of his/her career as an author. The
> >>>same cant be said of big corporations which make crap commercial software.
> >>>
> >>The same does apply to _big_ corporations.  If their software is not
> >>useful, then it is not going to sell.
> >>
> >Really? What about Microsoft? Exception? I think it's more the norm than the
> >exception. And, the point is not whether a paticular piece of software is
> >useful. The point is what happens when it breaks. That's where warranties
> >come in.

I don't know how I missed this particular response.  But the logic
above if applied _must_ be valid to any corporation.  People buy MS
products because they find it useful.  Even though equally good (or
better) products are available for free, still people _buy_ MS
products for various reasons.  Now, if MS product is not solving their
problem, I don't think anybody is going to buy.

Just Facts.

Rgds,
anna

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