It takes a trained and bright mind to be able to understand the unexpected or "accidental" in order to make the discovery. I bet lots of people may have faced "accidents" that lead to a discovery but just moved by unable to understand what just happened.
People is copying software for two different reasons.
The first one is cost. The cost of software is huge while the (viable) alternative is open source software with the all the configuration/management headaches.
The other reason is that (usually) there is no additionaly benefit or differentiating factor between a pirated copy and an original one, so someone will simply choose the free one.
The majority of the small office owners here in Greece use pirated software for these reasons. They gain nothing by using licensed software (they only spend money) and although immoral for some people it makes perfect sense.
As these two factors are not eliminated, pirated software percent will increase as the population of users increases. Software companies do not seem to understand that and continue to offer overprised software, with restrictive licensing schemes that just make you fill a slave because sometimes there is no alternative.
Next time I'll see an article about linux dependability/reliability I'll tag it as FUD.
Dependability and reliability are counted on the basis of what you need and excuse me guys but MS has products that are much more dependable and reliable than the open source equivalents.
I would be very reluctant to promote the majority of the open source products as dependable/reliable in a real world situation (Where people have to use computers in order to perform some work) if I cannot have the management. E.g. that I would hardly recommend mySql when I can go with SQL Server Express because I get the functionality I want with the same cost and my job is MUCH easier. (This example in fact applies to many situations)
On the other side, I am an SVN advocate, because VSS is crap, svn has all the features I want, it's stable and the company can depend on it (partly because I am maintaining the installation).
I think that it would be better for both sides to stop FUDing and consume that energy to something more productive.
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It takes a trained and bright mind to be able to understand the unexpected or "accidental" in order to make the discovery. I bet lots of people may have faced "accidents" that lead to a discovery but just moved by unable to understand what just happened.
People is copying software for two different reasons. The first one is cost. The cost of software is huge while the (viable) alternative is open source software with the all the configuration/management headaches. The other reason is that (usually) there is no additionaly benefit or differentiating factor between a pirated copy and an original one, so someone will simply choose the free one. The majority of the small office owners here in Greece use pirated software for these reasons. They gain nothing by using licensed software (they only spend money) and although immoral for some people it makes perfect sense. As these two factors are not eliminated, pirated software percent will increase as the population of users increases. Software companies do not seem to understand that and continue to offer overprised software, with restrictive licensing schemes that just make you fill a slave because sometimes there is no alternative.
QT is not UI specific. There are APIs for almost anything pertaining a normal desktop application. That's why I was puzzled...
I though Picasa was written in QT... so porting it to linux it was supposed to be an easy task.
Next time I'll see an article about linux dependability/reliability I'll tag it as FUD.
Dependability and reliability are counted on the basis of what you need and excuse me guys but MS has products that are much more dependable and reliable than the open source equivalents.
I would be very reluctant to promote the majority of the open source products as dependable/reliable in a real world situation (Where people have to use computers in order to perform some work) if I cannot have the management. E.g. that I would hardly recommend mySql when I can go with SQL Server Express because I get the functionality I want with the same cost and my job is MUCH easier. (This example in fact applies to many situations)
On the other side, I am an SVN advocate, because VSS is crap, svn has all the features I want, it's stable and the company can depend on it (partly because I am maintaining the installation).
I think that it would be better for both sides to stop FUDing and consume that energy to something more productive.