Fair enough. "The ends justify the means."
Once the industry is well-established as something
that can make money (gasp!), then nothing will
prevent its evolution into new (even potentially disruptive)
forms.
However, I think we should be planning that evolutionary path right
now. Once people are making money at VR, laziness tends to set in.
:-) More seriously, if freeware is the only available answer to big
corporation, conglomorate control of the the new media, then that
needs to be planned for now. Good software standards take a long time
to develop, and personally, I'm not interested in seeing
any Microsofts controlling the means of production.
Cheers,
Brandon