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In reply to the discussion: Who writes good, stable, easy-to-use software? [View all]hunter
(38,302 posts)20. Things we buy generally cost less to make than what we pay for them.
That's how capitalism works.
Photoshop is not worth $699 dollars to me so I don't use it.
I'm pretty sure Adobe spends more on marketing than they do on software development and I've no reason to support that nonsense.
Then again, look at me. I drive a car made in 1984 and generally acquire my computers by diverting them from the dumpsters.
Human technical progress would have a vastly different nature if most people were like me...
In my futuristic utopia you can grow anything you like in your garden. Clothing, hamburgers, bicycles, medicines, cell phones, supercomputers... who knows, maybe even space ships. All you have to do is ask around, someone will have the seeds.
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It really depends on the nature of the code. There are things you can code with your eyes closed.
HopeHoops
Jan 2012
#24
Oh yeah. I've got some good ones, but I'm saving them for a book I'm working on.
HopeHoops
Jan 2012
#29