Why bother?

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Apr 22, 2001, Richard Sharpe <sharpe at ns.aus.com> wrote:

> What is it that keeps you using Samba, or indeed any other open source
> software like Linux, FreeBSD, GIMP, etc.

> Are there any rational economic arguments for doing so?

http://www.dcc.unicamp.br/~oliva/papers/free-software/selection-A4.ps.gz
http://www.dcc.unicamp.br/~oliva/papers/free-software/selection-html/

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