Someone probably asked this before (I hope)... but then again as stated before not all software hasn't been released before... So here's my question : If all software should be free... how do you think that the guys who put their work into it should be paid ? If their compagnies aren't _allowed_ to charge the consumer for the product, where do they get the money to pay their programmers ? Basically what I hear in many of these posts is : I don't want to pay for software, cause I shouldn't... Okay, but then I also would like to get your products, your services,... it doesn't matter what you do... also for free. This absolutely doesn't mean I like to pay for software, heck, I think I only once really bought an app (luckely I could refund it since my laptop doesn't need to run wintendo). What I mean is : How could you convince a manager, leading a good software-firm, to start giving away his products ? What reasons could you give him, or better what alternatives could you give him ?
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Someone probably asked this before (I hope) ... but then again as stated before not all software hasn't been released before ... ... how do you think that the guys who put their work into it should be paid ? If their compagnies aren't _allowed_ to charge the consumer for the product, where do they get the money to pay their programmers ? ... Okay, but then I also would like to get your products, your services, ... it doesn't matter what you do ... also for free.
So here's my question :
If all software should be free
Basically what I hear in many of these posts is : I don't want to pay for software, cause I shouldn't
This absolutely doesn't mean I like to pay for software, heck, I think I only once really bought an app (luckely I could refund it since my laptop doesn't need to run wintendo). What I mean is : How could you convince a manager, leading a good software-firm, to start giving away his products ? What reasons could you give him, or better what alternatives could you give him ?