[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 04:04, Christian Einfeldt wrote:It is free software - it might not be Free Software, as defined by the FSF - but it is free software, because it is software that is free. Only the FSF and other FLOSS people see a distinction there. To most of the world, free software is software you don't have to pay for.
Hi,
The thing that I found most amazing about this article is that MS is talking openly about giving away...FREE SOFTWARE...to drive revenue to other software. The next time that someone asks you, how can open source companies make money from free software, you can cite both Internet Explorer and Elixir as examples of the market leader giving away free software.
Just to be pedantic they are giving away software for free, not giving
away free software. Their software is anything but free as in freedom.
It's also an example of the fact that not all free software is open source.
Be a bit careful here as this is confusing the freedom and free beer
aspects. The *main* value proposition of free software is the freedom
bit.
Actually, he was clarifying that, you just didn't see it. Free software (software that you don't pay for) *isn't* always open source. That's exactly what he was saying.
The only really valuable improvements would be to make the software moreI think cleaning up the code is a Good Thing (tm). But I also see adding new features as good too. It's interesting that you make this comment in the midst of a debate on the discuss thread about the removal of a couple of options, which broke out into the whole design of the preferences menu in general.
efficient so it ran quicker and probably to improve the ergonomics of
the interface. The latter would cause uproar in the established user
base who are used to the current interface and the former has never been
on MS radar because it would affect sales of Windows. So no where to go
except adding yet more features most people don't need or want.
I even brought out your desire for "elegance" in software. I'd like to hear your thoughts on the "Horrendous" thread on [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Chad Smith
