← Back to context Comment by ben0x539 2 years ago Hm, why do you think that is? Do programmers just respect each other less than they respect baristas? 2 comments ben0x539 Reply ahepp 2 years ago If Starbucks started giving the drinks away for free, I doubt people would still pay $10 for it. ThrowawayR2 2 years ago Because they got trained to think that way by the "free as in speech and free as in beer" and "Why pay for Windoze? (sic) Linux is free" marketing the early FOSS advocates used.
ahepp 2 years ago If Starbucks started giving the drinks away for free, I doubt people would still pay $10 for it.
ThrowawayR2 2 years ago Because they got trained to think that way by the "free as in speech and free as in beer" and "Why pay for Windoze? (sic) Linux is free" marketing the early FOSS advocates used.
If Starbucks started giving the drinks away for free, I doubt people would still pay $10 for it.
Because they got trained to think that way by the "free as in speech and free as in beer" and "Why pay for Windoze? (sic) Linux is free" marketing the early FOSS advocates used.