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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro stated in post ifbbfp$9a4$20@lust.ihug.co.nz on 12/27/10   
   5:37 PM:   
      
   > In message , JEDIDIAH wrote:   
   >   
   >> If you have to depend on the app developer to do the right thing then your   
   >> platform is already a failure.   
   >   
   > Only for proprietary software‹look at the mess that is Windows.   
   >   
   > With Free Software, however, you can rely on the community to exert peer   
   > pressure on delinquent developers to clean up their act. Because if they   
   > don¹t do it, it will be cleaned up for them.   
      
   With proprietary software, if a developer does not make good software   
   someone else can jump in and make better software.  Heck, I used to use   
   Camtasia until ScreenFlow came along - it served my needs better so I   
   "jumped ship".   
      
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