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		dataflow on July 1, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to support open-source software and stay sane > The sad part is that to a lot of scientists and researchers, software/software engineers isn't something worth paying for. I have to ask how you came to this conclusion. Did you have anecdotes from them supporting this or did you just conclude "they are not paying for it therefore software is not worth paying for to them"?

ylem on July 1, 2019 [–]

I think the original poster is applying the "cheap talk" heuristic. People may say they value things, but we see what's really valued by what they pay for (given the resources they have)...

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