Why are computer people so loathe to financially reward computer people? Why the determination not to financially reward the developers for their efforts? Why would I hypothetically write a 3270 emulator if it's not important enough to pay for? If I have to pay a reasonable license fee and can only provide my changes to people who are licensed, that's fine.Īre you actually seeing resistance to priced software, or only to OCO software?įrom: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Charles Mills Saturday, Ma5:04 PM
My preference is for well maintained software to which I can easily make local changes. There's room for both open source and proprietary software.
