[mdlug] Stallman

[Jeff Hanson]

>     As it stands, I already deal with many commercial software packages
> where the vendors try and sell us "Support Contracts" and I tell them to
> blow off, because their stuff works, we never call support and the
> "updates" that are part of the support contracts aren't even mildly
> interesting features that would benefit us. Also, from reading about the
> update "chain" from one software package we use, the majority of the
> changes had been changing all the menus around and changing option
> screens, while only adding one or two real features... (Which is hardly
> worth the expense.)

Some vendors now charge you for back support if you skip a year or two
of support.