Thursday, October 30, 2014
Smallish Post 3
In the Nerds 2.0.1 video, John McAfee pointed out a few interesting ethical questions about software. One of those was how to pay for software, and, even though I'd rather not pay at all, I like the solution he used. Several companies have gone from selling software to a system more akin to renting software where a consumer will pay a monthly fee to have rights to use said software. As a consumer, this has deterred me from using their products (especially if there is open source software that does similar tasks). I think McAfee's products mix open source and commercial mindsets very well, and he still managed to do very well.
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I'm kinda the same way. I'd rather just pay a reasonable one-time fee and own the software, though I guess there are situations where you only need it for a short time. Even when they offer a 30-day trial, I'm often hesitant to sign up due to fear that I'll forget to cancel.
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