[Info-vax] Ada on VMS, was: Re: Free Pascal for VMS ?

[Dave Froble]

On 5/21/2018 11:05 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 5/21/2018 9:28 AM, seasoned_geek wrote:
>> And let us not forget all of those companies taking the "free"
>> software then selling support contracts for it.
>>
>> Nobody stops to ask "If you didn't write it, just how well can you
>> support it?"
>
> They have access to the source code.
>
> They hopefully have people with the right skills.
>
> If they don't then they will not survive.
>
> Support of open source has little barrier to entry, so it is a
> rather competitive market.
>
> That keeps prices down and quality up for support.

Prices down, maybe.  Quality, perhaps, and perhaps not.  Consider HPE 
taking money for support, and consider how well they will support a 
product they have discarded.

Support is a matter of trust, and there are entities who should not be 
trusted.