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>I agree. I hear open source people tout having the source code and
> being able to customize it, and then I ask them if they ever have.
>
>Answer is almost invariably no - never. Yes answers make me suspect
> the integrity of the respondent (yeah - there are a very few people that
> actually will fight with the source).
That is absolutely correct. Very few people modify FLOSS projects. However, the philosophy is the important angle there.
FLOSS cares about giving to people.
Proprietary software cares about collecting money from people.
It's where your heart is... in giving, or desiring.
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