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Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates Meet for the First Time Ever
(www.theverge.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Sounds like you're cherry picking both; I've seen plenty of garbage that costs money as well.
Sure, but if you look at the top quality softwares, the majority of them are paid.
Because money is a big encouragement to make them as flawless as possible. Something FOSS just doesn't have.