Al Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:18:02 -0400, Barry Margolin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>While it may be a shame, they've been using the phrase for about 20 >>years now. It's become part of the industry lexicon. Similarly, we >>have the jargon "freeware" that refers to software distributed at no >>cost. So there shouldn't be much ambiguity when the context is >>understood > > Since most people who use software aren't part of "the industry", and > understand "free" to mean "without charge",
Whatever happened to the land of the brave and the free? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
