Comments on: Why I’d Rather Pay http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/01/03/why-id-rather-pay/ Website Promotion, Generating Revenue, Website Management Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:09:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: David Risley http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/01/03/why-id-rather-pay/#comment-2687 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:00:34 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/01/03/why-id-rather-pay/#comment-2687 The internet is a world of free software, however the old saying “You get what you pay for” still holds true. While there is a lot of great open source software, most often it is the paid software that is highest quality and offers real support. The support for open source products typically depend on the user community, which is not always reliable.

If you’re going to use free software, check to make sure it is widely used. Otherwise, you’re in for a ride (potentially).

]]> By: Peter Davis http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/01/03/why-id-rather-pay/#comment-2681 Wed, 03 Jan 2007 20:08:04 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/01/03/why-id-rather-pay/#comment-2681 Thanks for pointing to vBlogetin. I’m going to be needing it in another week or so, and am checking into it now. I agree with your sentiments, especially with regard to Jelsoft and vBulletin. Sometimes, though, the free, open source stuff has an advantage. With stand-alone blog software, for example, I really like WordPress a lot, and many of the other good ones are free too.

]]> By: Eric Smith http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/01/03/why-id-rather-pay/#comment-2676 Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:57:20 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/01/03/why-id-rather-pay/#comment-2676 Completely agree with you, and not just because I’m a software developer.

The hidden cost of free is that once paying jobs start to occupy the developers time, the free projects have to take second place – no matter how fun they are to work on.

I personally would love to spend all my time on fun free projects but I have to pay the bills…

]]> By: Aaron http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/01/03/why-id-rather-pay/#comment-2674 Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:05:36 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2007/01/03/why-id-rather-pay/#comment-2674 You make a very good point. As a small business, it makes sense to purchase software for not only the support and peace of mind of an often superior product, but also gives you write-offs come tax time.

As a free-lance entity, its not always easy to pony up the cash. Thankfully, the worth-while web community today is held accountable to a degree. You can find free scripts and open source solutions that are rated and reviewed so that if they fall out of favor with their developer, they fall out of favor with the community and are replaced by newer supported programs. This still brings about the time = money issue because you need to do the work to change when necessary. Its a fair trade off until the free-lance entity grows enough business to where its more cost effective to buy software.

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