Bisma Jayadi wrote:
This project is with a company that just spent 4+ million USD on a
Java solution (client and server side) to replace all their old
Pascal code, then, their clients told them they didn't like the Java
solution, that they wanted to keep using the Pascal stuff!
Isn't Java also free? :-P
The point is that the compiler is not "free", it is encumbered by a
license. People are gaining the idea that Open Source generally equates
with "free" (as in no-expense). However, in American English, the word
"free" generally means "something of so little value that you can afford
to give it away". Perhaps in German it has a different connotation, or
in British English...
Regards,
TomW
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Tom Walsh - WN3L - Embedded Systems Consultant
http://openhardware.net http://cyberiansoftware.com http://openzipit.org
"Windows? No thanks, I have work to do..."
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