On Tuesday 21 Feb 2006 13:37, Chris Cannam wrote: > On Monday 20 Feb 2006 23:27, Mike Taht wrote: > > Back from digression. The core analogy that I make regarding free > > or open source software is not the one "would you buy a car with > > the hood nailed shut?", but "Would you buy a house without the > > plans provided by the architect?". > > I don't think either of these is very helpful. In both cases, for > many people the answer is "yes, of course I would". ... and in fact, given what I just wrote, my own answer in both cases would also be "yes". Chris