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scott wrote:
> Of course you can if your product is more attractive for customers to
> want to pay for it.
It's difficult to see how you could make a web browser more attractive
to the casual user than IE already is - at least, enough to make them
reach into their pockets anyway...
> Linux is free, people still buy Windows.
Some people even buy Linux, oddly enough...
> OpenOffice is free, people still buy MS Office.
A better comparison might be "people still be StarOffice". Except that
I've never heard of anybody doing that.
> Blender and Wings are
> free, people still buy 3D Studio. The GIMP is free, people still buy
> Paintshop. I'm sure you can think of many more examples.
If I wanted to be cynical, I could point out that I've never met anybody
who owns a copy of 3D Studio or Paintshop *legally*. ;-)
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