Linux Lawyer article in Lawyers USA

[late_rabbit]

Here is an article published by Lawyers USA about switching to Linux
in which I'm quoted in favor of same.

http://www.allbusiness.com/technolog...2667875-1.html

I was impressed by the writer who seemed to know a lot about his
subject. He didn't have enough space to use the material on Lawrence
Lessig and whether lawyers "ought" to use Linux (or FOSS generally)
because of the constitutional issues.

Still I was pleased to hear from such an intelligent and curious
writer on a subject so dear to my heart.

So --- Richard, I'm trying to do my part! If he calls back, I'll tell
him for you that coders don't care about EULA's or other hacking on
systems in the "real world" (i.e. matrix)!!

:)

[late_rabbit]

Ok --- screwed up the link. Here it is again:

http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/software-services-applications-computer/12667875-1.html

[Michael Loftis]

The only reason the tech support is good is because people contribute
back as they can, that's the only way it works. If a huge influx of
non-comitters comes in it can break down the open support system as it
were. It's the people who return the favor that keep the open support
communities working. Also it rarely works like paid-for support. You
can't just go in and expect them to answer every single question, as
commonly happens. You have to be willing to research the answers
first, then if you're unable to find an answer, ask. Sometimes asking
might mean asking where to start to look (but that should be taken
care of by a projects FAQs and such).

So really, the support is anything but free, it's just a different
investment than a monetary one.