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Should You Use Free Software at Work?
May 15, 2008, 19 :30 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (3972 reads)

(Other stories by Eric Spiegel)

"'But it’s free!' I stood in the cube of an engineer on my team as he made his case about a free software tool that would supposedly solve a recurring problem we were having with our network. Sure it didn’t cost any money to purchase the tool, but what about the intangibles?

"What if he spent hours trying to configure this free tool and still couldn’t get it to work? There would be the flushing sound of opportunity costs going down the drain..."

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...“But it’s free!” I stood in the cube  ...   The clueless are coming out of the woodwork.   
Brandioch Conner
May 15, 2008, 20:25:21
 
"...I was thinking back to my mainframe  ...   don't take advice from this guy   
mdwstmusik
May 15, 2008, 21:19:24
 
Guy is talking about freeware not FOSS.  ...   Talking about freeware not FOSS   
Evan
May 15, 2008, 21:26:24
 
Demos, commercial teaser products, share ...   He's lumping meny kinds of software together.   
Richard Steiner
May 15, 2008, 21:40:18
 
>> "...We are currently having a debate  ...   Re: The clueless are coming out of the woodwork.   
Jose_X
May 16, 2008, 02:57:52
 
>Now we all know that software piracy is ...   Engineers are big time culprits?   
Peter
May 16, 2008, 11:47:48
 
he has NEVER had a problem installing fr ...   I go out on a limb and predict that ...   
GreyGeek
May 16, 2008, 15:41:23
 
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