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  1. He got too far by wikinerd · · Score: 1 · on BBC Commentator Goes After Software Licensing

    You get what you pay for. If you download your software for free, you get no support and no guarantees, period. If you want support, service-level contract, and guarantees, then pay and you will get those; That's what RedHat does, actually. If you don't know who Bill Thomson is, visit his website where he describes himself as a "technology critic and essayist". He likes to find things to whine about and criticise. However, this time he got too far; He is right that commercial software (i.e. Windows!) should come with quality guarantees (and who cares whether M$ will get bankrupt, anyway?), but he was wrong to criticise Mozilla Firefox. Nobody can expect any kind of quality assurance when we talk about free software. If I was required by law to give guarantees for free software I write, I would stop developing any free software, or I would just release it anonymously. The best I can do is to explain that my software may have security holes, but I can't accept being dragged to the courts for a nightie bug in software I released for free to the world.

  2. Here's his website by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on BBC Commentator Goes After Software Licensing

    http://www.andfinally.com/ and bill@andfinally.com

    Go tell him what you personally think of his column.

  3. Let's let him know how we feel by captain+igor · · Score: 1 · on Moving Net Control From ICANN to Governments?

    Go on, drop him an email: bill@andfinally.com

  4. Bill Thompson's credentials by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on A Private European Internet?

    Am I correct in thinking that this Bill Thompson and this Bill Thompson are one in the same Bill Thompson?

    Considering the frequency with which The Register and The BBC are linked to on slashdot, I'd value his opinion. If you don't like the message, don't shoot the messenger, try to criticise the article. Oh! that's right, you're a troll.