* Frank Heckenbach writes:
Now I'm wondering whether it's part of the propaganda of non-free software companies to make programming appear very difficult and only for the "elite". I don't know if it's intentional, but the effect seems to be so. It's kind of as if car makers would claim that riding bicycles is a professional sport and therefore everyone who's not an athlete should not try it and always drive a car instead. Telling people that that's not so is already a step to give some amount of control/choice back to them.
I think that companies make programming appear "very difficult" with the prices on their software, prices ranging from $1000 to $2000, or more. I doubt that any "user" would want to waste that kind of money on something that they will use occasionally, or less.
But hey, thats what I think. :)
Cheers,