Z:gnu-www-ja-free-world--a6dc0c-Free software can be developed/en

Free software can be developed less expensively than closed software products. Even for well paid professional developers, fully underwritten by conscientious users, the cost of free software would be significantly less than the premiums now being paid for empire building. The quality would be better, especially in terms of fitness for use. Free distribution would ensure maximum exposure and choice: a free market based purely on utility and quality. The service component of software would also open up: anyone who wanted to could start from the same code, to learn, support, and teach. The best service providers would succeed.