Xiaofan Chen wrote:
> Personally I do not want to pay for anything software (even though it
> only costs US$10) if I am just playing with something as a hobby. But
> I am willing to pay for the hardware even though it costs US$100.
> And for low cost software, often there are open source alternatives
> which can do the job.

Your logic doesn't make any sense.

So you wouldn't pay $10 for a program, even if it saves you 100 hours of 
effort, compared to an open-source alternative? If that is the case, why 
don't you build your own hardware, instead of buying it?

I know why most people "do not want to pay for anything software": because 
they can steal it for free. 

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