On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: > hizibiz wrote: > > On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, komal wrote: > > > >> > >> > What is most important for us is the whole system is on open source and > >> > freeware. The servers are on Linux, RDBMS is Postgres 7.4, Web is on > >> *********** > >> > >> Freeware? Linux is not freeware. > >> > >> Komal > > did you miss the open source before freeware ? > > > > <nitpicking-mood> > So which component of the system would you be calling a freeware? The ones > you mentioned are certainly not. > </nitpicking-mood>
i think i have already replied it in a previous mail. despite Eric Raymomd's appeal to Sun, JDK is not yet open source !! -hizibiz > > I wish people erase the word "freeware" from their dictionary. It is a much > abused term. There is nothing called freeware - if you want to refer to the > licence under which it is available, use terms like "public-domain", > "proprietary restricted", etc. etc. > > - Sandip > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
