Xref: utzoo alt.security:1334 alt.folklore.computers:4645 comp.society.futures:1965 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: alt.security,alt.folklore.computers,comp.society.futures Subject: Re: Feedback on Computer Crime Message-ID: <9735+C9@xds13.ferranti.com> Date: 9 Aug 90 20:48:22 GMT References: <14462@wpi.wpi.edu> <9008091507.AA06792@stc06.CTD.ORNL.GOV> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 10 In article <9008091507.AA06792@stc06.CTD.ORNL.GOV> de5@STC06.CTD.ORNL.GOV (SILL D E) writes: > Commercial software is not inherently superior to freeware. Don't > underestimate the effort a dedicated hacker will put into his freely > distributed work. The difference between commercial software and freeware is packaging and handholding. The time the freeware developer puts into features, the commercial developer puts into polish. How much is that polish worth? Well, that's the core of the debate... -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U`