[progforlyfe]

That was supposed to be the whole point of the Free (Libre) Software movement, not about cost/price and not about features/functionality... it was about being in control of your destiny and not being chained to the whims of a corporation!

You're right that privacy and freedom should never be sacrificed for convenience or aesthetics!

[godelski]

Not to mention just the practicality of it all. Like good god, how much time do we waste on rewriting the same little subprograms? But then again, I don't understand how people make a few hundred thousand a year and can't kick back some beer money for software we use every day. A solvable problem, needing only a minority to contribute, but nearly none do.