On Wednesday 16 August 2006 04:25 pm, Dinesh Joshi wrote: > On Wednesday 16 August 2006 03:40, Rishi wrote: > > It was only that day, I realized > > - Free and Open Source software were quite different > > - The word 'free' in Free software was about freedom and not > > price > > > > So in my case the ideology happened after 5 years of using the > > software. :-) > > In essence, Free software and Open Source software mean the same > thing.
They dont mean the same thing all though they refer to the same body of software. > "Open source" is just used to market "Free software". That is very apt summary. And as usual Marketing will focus on features that make a sale, completely ignoring other vital params that actually bring value. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
