That's a good one. I think that I will use it. cheers Roelof Roelof K. Brouwer PhD PEng Temporary while visiting Department of Mechanical Engineering Stellenbosch University PO Box X1 Matieland 7602 South Africa www.picasaweb.google.com/rkbrouwer/ land line 27 (0) 21 808 3606 cell 27 (0) 73 973 1858 skype roelofbrouwer email [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.tru.ca/advtech/compsci/faculty/rbrouwer Permanent Contact information Professor Department of Computing Science School of Advanced Technologies and Mathematics Thompson Rivers University 900 McGill Road, PO Box 3010 Kamloops, BC, Canada,V2C 5N3 telephone numbers 1-250 828 5219 work 1-250-374-5874 home 1-250-377-6133 fax home page www.tru.ca/advtech/compsci/faculty/rbrouwer email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Oleg Kobchenko Sent: October 19, 2006 8:03 PM To: General forum Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] free > Any ideas on how to explain the free part? Because it is priceless. In fact, don't even use the word "free", if asked, what it costs, just say "It's priceless". Let them figure it out. --- "Roelof K. Brouwer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > " You get what you pay for " is accepted as a fact by a lot of people. > > > > This certainly is not true in the case of J however. I will be doing > another sales job on J to the department of computing science here and I am > almost afraid to tell people that J is free since that devalues it in the > eyes of a lot of people. > > > > > > I could say that some of the best things in life such as fresh water and > clean air in some places are still free but these are not produced by man. > > > > Any ideas on how to explain the free part? > > > > cheers > > > > Roelof > > > > > > Roelof K. Brouwer PhD PEng > > Temporary while visiting > > Department of Mechanical Engineering > > Stellenbosch University > > PO Box X1 > > Matieland > > 7602 > > South Africa > > www.picasaweb.google.com/rkbrouwer/ > > > > land line 27 (0) 21 808 3606 > > cell 27 (0) 73 973 1858 > > skype roelofbrouwer > > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.tru.ca/advtech/compsci/faculty/rbrouwer > > > > Permanent Contact information > > Professor > > Department of Computing Science > > School of Advanced Technologies and Mathematics > > Thompson Rivers University > > 900 McGill Road, PO Box 3010 > > Kamloops, BC, Canada,V2C 5N3 > > > > > > telephone numbers > > 1-250 828 5219 work > > 1-250-374-5874 home > > 1-250-377-6133 fax > > home page www.tru.ca/advtech/compsci/faculty/rbrouwer > > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
