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Jeremy (jsproat@io.com) wrote:
> Perl also does well if you do need to use the program again
> later. Why would it be otherwise?
I have probably only seen programs by bad Perl programmers
then.
Perl code is a bit difficult to read, and it seems that at
least some programmers manage quite well to write code they
can't understand a few months later. I also see a bit of
this with C programs, but not nearly as often as with Perl.
> > > 1. Like me -- !@#$% MySQL is free on Linux but costs $$$ for Win32...
> > Makes it easy to choose your OS, doesn't it?
>
> Someone selling a program for one platform but giving it away for free for
> another platform is, in my opinion, rabid advocacy.
You could say so.
> It only hurts the seller.
How does it hurt them to charge where there is money, and
not charge where there is (was) no money?
> They're trying to punish me for using a "bad" OS.
I don't think you should interpret it that way. I think it
at least originally was free because Linux people didn't
have any money anyway. So they increase the user base
without loosing any potential profits.
> What happens in practice,
> however, is that I deny them the sale by using someone else's software.
That is what any commercial software developer risks, if the
price isn't right compared to the feature set (or marketing
budget).
> I don't understand why they offer a GPL for all platforms
> but one.
GPL does not limit which platform you can run a product on - it
specifically forbids it (as far as I can remember).
I can't remember the licensing details for MySQL, but isn't
the current version completely closed and not quite cheap.
> Are they trying to subsidise the cost of their Win32 compiler?
> Do they feel that they -- as an application developer -- can
> knock me off the OS I choose? It seems so...spiteful.
I think they have noticed that you are willing to spend
money on software - so they let you do it.
If it wasn't too complicated, then I would charge people
based on what they could afford (too?). When I do commercial
software development (it happens now and then) what the
costumer can afford and will gain is taken into account when
I decide the price.
> [f-ups set to .debate]
> [MySQL Licensing cc'd]
I look forward to their comments.
Play well,
Jacob
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