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"...our economy is based on software, more and more, [and] yet users don't want to pay for software."
I may have a simplistic view, but as has often been pointed out in the TOC community -- usually in discussions of dealing with market constraints -- people and organizations don't buy products; they buy (and willingly pay for) solutions to problems. If the software in question addresses a real need or problem, or if it's continued existence and support is critical to the ability to address that need or problem in the future, a value, and therefore a price, can be attached to it, and will be paid.
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