> I don't expect my tools to be free,
> but I do expect that if I pay for
> them, they do a better job than the
> free competition.
That's an odd expectation. Does IIS better job than Apache or Nginx? Does VS do a better job than a standard Unix toolset, (or insert your favorite free developer platform). Does Cold Fusion do a better job than PHP, RoR, etc.? Did Visual Source Safe ever do anything better than anything else? Is Windows better than Linux/Unix?
History is full of commercial software that is not up to the bar set by free alternatives. You're not wxpected to buy any of it, but if you do, you should do some due diligence.
Depends on the definition of the software's job. Nginx is better at serving web pages, IIS with an expensive support contract is better at shifting the blame away from me when it goes wrong :)
History is full of commercial software that is not up to the bar set by free alternatives. You're not wxpected to buy any of it, but if you do, you should do some due diligence.