As much as I would enjoy not building MS-centric apps, tools, etc, it pays a lot more than building free stuff. Building only free stuff would be okay if you're independently wealthy and have no life.
Here's an analogy. Say you live on an island of vegetarians. You do happen to have your own land, and decide to raise pigs. That's fine and dandy, until you need to sell your pigs to pay the bills.
Redundant, perhaps, but hey, I get tired of this you-suck-if-you-support-MS ranting. Really, we all do what it takes to pay the bills. Maybe rather than sitting around ranting anti-MS, people could try doing something like making actually useful, easy-to-use-and-configure-for-the-bonehead-masses stuff.
Building only free stuff would be okay if you're independently wealthy and have no life.
Who suggested that one build only free stuff? The analogy was growing crops on land that is owned by a 3rd party. Building your apps on platforms that are not owned by a particular vendor is better for you, and for everyone else. No one said anything about how you license/price your apps...
Here's an analogy. Say you live on an island of vegetarians. You do happen to have your own land, and decide to raise pigs. That's fine and dandy, until you need to sell your pigs to pay the bills.
Who said you had to sell the pigs to pay your bills?
What's wrong with making yourself useful around the island, perhaps fixing up that fallen down tree over there, and earning your keep that way? You get to raise your pigs, and still have money.
The analogy is extremely stretched, but what I mean is that yo
I'm sure the mafia says the same thing. And Enron.
Maybe rather than sitting around ranting anti-MS, people could try doing something like making actually useful, easy-to-use-and-configure-for-the-bonehead-masses stuff.
I don't know if you've noticed, but that's exactly what's happening. Anti-MS rants make us feel good, and they don't take too much time from our actual development.
Unfortunately, it's getting so easy to slam MS, it's not very fun anym
Your statement makes no sense. And you don't suck if you support MS, you're simply locking yourself into a model where the very existence of your business is at the whim of a single corporation. Doesn't sound to me like much of an existence at all actually.
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Sharecropper=paycheck. (Score:5, Insightful)
Here's an analogy. Say you live on an island of vegetarians. You do happen to have your own land, and decide to raise pigs. That's fine and dandy, until you need to sell your pigs to pay the bills.
Redundant, perhaps, but hey, I get tired of this you-suck-if-you-support-MS ranting. Really, we all do what it takes to pay the bills. Maybe rather than sitting around ranting anti-MS, people could try doing something like making actually useful, easy-to-use-and-configure-for-the-bonehead-masses stuff.
Hmph.
Re:Sharecropper=paycheck. (Score:1)
Who suggested that one build only free stuff? The analogy was growing crops on land that is owned by a 3rd party. Building your apps on platforms that are not owned by a particular vendor is better for you, and for everyone else. No one said anything about how you license/price your apps...
Re:Sharecropper=paycheck. (Score:2)
Who said you had to sell the pigs to pay your bills?
What's wrong with making yourself useful around the island, perhaps fixing up that fallen down tree over there, and earning your keep that way? You get to raise your pigs, and still have money.
The analogy is extremely stretched, but what I mean is that yo
Re:Sharecropper=paycheck. (Score:2)
I'm sure the mafia says the same thing. And Enron.
Maybe rather than sitting around ranting anti-MS, people could try doing something like making actually useful, easy-to-use-and-configure-for-the-bonehead-masses stuff.
I don't know if you've noticed, but that's exactly what's happening. Anti-MS rants make us feel good, and they don't take too much time from our actual development.
Unfortunately, it's getting so easy to slam MS, it's not very fun anym
Re:Sharecropper=paycheck. (Score:2)
Your statement makes no sense. And you don't suck if you support MS, you're simply locking yourself into a model where the very existence of your business is at the whim of a single corporation. Doesn't sound to me like much of an existence at all actually.