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Posted: Fri Mar 23rd, 2018 06:10 pm

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1. I ran a small company building MG sports car engines - the parts cost me more than big commercial engine builders could get them for but I sold the engines for less than they were charging. Each engine was built with care because it carried my name and reputation - the big companies don't care about their product in the same way, nor do they give the same customer service. I have friends all over the world as a result - cash is NOT the only driver, unless you have shareholders wanting a quick buck.

2. There are good and usable bits of software available for FREE - that is why I use Linux, not Windows; libre office not MS Office; GIMP not Photoshop and so on. See here - Adobe alternatives

In the same way, I don't pay people to do what I can do myself - from cooking our food to building our house - and at the end of the day I can say "I did that". Value beyond cash!

The scamsters and extortionists of society can only prosper because we let them - don't use Facebook, don't eat in McDonalds, don't buy MS software - if everyone avoided them they would go under pretty fast and we would be healthier for it!

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