>To claim that one should give away software for free, and make money on >"support", "because it's a service economy" is equivilent to denying that >creativity has value - instead postulating that only labor has value. > >This is evil. > >It was the major mistake of the communist realm not to understand that >wealth can be CREATED from mere thought. Assuming that there is a fixed >amount of wealth in the world, and trying to figure out how to divide it >up "fairly", is a task doomed to failure. Instead, build a society that >encourages the creation of NEW wealth. > >BillW Does anyone know who said this: "The free enterprise system is founded upon the fundamental conviction that free men cannot be induced to produce things of service or value unless there is an incentive." Reg Neale