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From: konczal@MAIL-GW.NCSL.NIST.GOV (Joseph C. Konczal)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: You get what you  pay for!
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Date: 10 Jul 90 14:36:03 GMT
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   |People who advocate free software have NO idea how critical
   |quality is!

I go out of my way to use some free software, like GNU Emacs and GNU
CC, because of the quailty.  The release notes for X11R4 recommend
using GNU CC to commpile X on a VAX or 680x0 processor for up to a
factor of 2 improvement in performance.  GNU CC compiles ANSI C--Sun
CC does not.  (I am not against Sun in particular--I think thiers is
probably some of the better commercial grade software.)  If I find a
bug in free GNU software, I have the source, I can try to fix it if
necessary, if someone else hasn't already.  When I find a bug in Sun
software, I call Sun (I payed for software suport--actually the
taxpayers did) and they tell me that they know about the bug and it
will be fixed in the next release in a few months or a year.

You get what you pay for.  I bought some composted manure for my
garden, I payed for manure and that's what I got.

--Joe Konczal

Caveat emptor!