Fargus
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2010-03-03
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@ Bedfordshire, UK
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2010-03-03
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#132
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2010-03-03
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@ Boston
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No, once again a developer doesn't have to live on selling his programs, but for instance he can do any job where his ability to develop will have value on labour market and would be included in his salary. This job can be "developer", and in that case all his production helps for the general functioning of the firm, and will be paid for that.
Many people do have such a job. A system administrator, for instance, do write some scripts every time, but he doesn't actually sell them.
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2010-03-03
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@ Paris, France
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#134
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So basically you think that not keeping your word on something is not ethical or that someone should apply conditions to their supply of goods/services to you? How about I moan that it is unethical of anyone supplying something to me to demand payment (condition)?
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2010-03-03
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@ ˙ǝɹǝɥʍou
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#135
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2010-03-03
, 15:14
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@ Paris, France
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#136
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I missed the part where the (now) externality of cost of development is recouped by the company paying the developer. You've just shifted the cost upstream, outside of the system under consideration, without providing an explanation of how your twisted world view provides any retail software. You might as well state that you think that all software available to the public should be free and then explain how this is viable in a world where software engineers are very few and far between. (As they would be in a world where there is no retail software.)
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2010-03-03
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@ Paris, France
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#137
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@fatalsaint: yet you still consume the goods even if you don't agree with their practices or pricing? Isn't there something hypocritical about that?
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2010-03-03
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@ ˙ǝɹǝɥʍou
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#138
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2010-03-03
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@ Bedfordshire, UK
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#139
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Well in my view there is no such thing as retail software.
But here I must be in troll mode
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2010-03-03
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@ Atlanta, GA + Oxford UK
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#140
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