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From: Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy References: <ubb0nj5ioc4r3gbqhmmiprdejtefj1j6mm@4ax.com> <vkrt3d$12a03$1@dont-email.me> <vkseuf$16h6u$3@dont-email.me> <vksora$12a03$11@dont-email.me> <8365nj5npp9p4nvnd95p02q1chvtdic9b9@4ax.com> <fXycP.22002$zX7.1280@fx37.iad> <vkumm4$1mknq$2@dont-email.me> <ad56njho0iitpus5uu5338aiilo03lrjk0@4ax.com> <vl153n$1mknq$5@dont-email.me> <64kanjpbik33le345pi0n8u5k70fc0l6c7@4ax.com> <vl3rdd$2rfv4$2@dont-email.me> <pan$ab344$eeb66434$32732eba$b05ba286@linux.rocks> <2o1bnj9nmnr6v45r57r9cl2eisdve0vo6i@4ax.com> <vl6vdf$3doaq$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <pan$299f6$f7fc69de$40262e84$7476a33a@linux.rocks> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 31 Path: ...!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.swapon.de!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr3.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.usenetexpress.com!not-for-mail Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 21:29:00 +0000 Nntp-Posting-Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 21:29:00 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 2116 X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetexpress.com Organization: UsenetExpress - www.usenetexpress.com Bytes: 2492 On Thu, 2 Jan 2025 16:11:11 -0500, -hh wrote: > > For example, good luck finding a 1/2" power drill for sale new today for > just $100 which will last for even 10 years of use, let alone his > "25-50" claim: the days of bulletproof all metal body Craftsman or > Black & Decker power tools are long since gone. > I don't need "luck". I purchased a Milwaukee 1/2" for about $100 (maybe more maybe less). Milwaukee power tools are renowned throughout the industrial trades as being perhaps the ultimate in quality. Furthermore, all metal body construction was abandoned long ago due to the shock hazards. The durable polymers that are now used are more than an adequate substitute. But this is all totally superfluous. The main point of the OP is that commercial software companies can easily produce software that can last decades, if not forever, but such software would literally destroy them as a business entity. Therefore they are forced into extortionate practices just to keep alive. FOSS, OTOH, has no such ridiculous concerns. -- Systemd: solving all the problems that you never knew you had.