XPost: uk.d-i-y   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:06:16 +0100, John Rumm wrote:   
      
   > On 30/03/2025 07:19, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 29 Mar 2025 14:01:40 +0000, John Rumm wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> However keep in mind that paying for software from commercial vendors   
   >>> like MS also pays for large swathes of the "free" software you might   
   >>> otherwise choose, since many of those developers can only afford to   
   >>> donate time to open source projects only because they have income from   
   >>> a "money grabbing" software vendor.   
   >>   
   >> If only that were true. Most of those money-grabbing businesses are too   
   >> willing to take and not give back.   
   >   
   > Hmmm, let's see if that lives up to scrutiny...   
   >   
   > [list of high-profile Free software projects deleted]   
      
   So you think a dozen or so counterexamples is enough to establish your   
   point? That’s a drop in the bucket as far as Free Software is   
   concerned. The vast majority don’t enjoy that level of support at all.   
      
   Exhibit A: OpenSSL   
   .   
      
   Exhibit B: BusyBox   
   .   
      
   Exhibit C: GIMP   
   .   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)