On 08/28/2013 08:55 AM, Bert Verhees wrote: > On 08/28/2013 08:54 AM, Thomas Beale wrote: >> >> Bert, >> >> all these tools are free, built and maintained by their originators >> at their own cost. So you might be sending yourself the chocolates... > > There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
Some of the originators are students, working for their academic purposes and forgetting their tools very quickly when the have a job. Some originators are part of an enterprise and building the tools to promote their enterprise. Some of the originators are working in a university and getting well paid for spending their time on building such a tool. Some of the originators are promoting a standard and using the tool as promotion. Some of the originators are selling their tools for good money. And I must say, I agree with them all, there is nothing wrong with that. Nothing at all. We all have to live, and everyone is doing it on his/her way. There is nothing dishonorably on working for your profit. They could be grateful accept the help I offered until now and profit from it, they can also do nothing with it. It is their choice. I fully respect that. But saying that the tool isn't better because I (me, as a person) refuse to walk through some time-consuming formalities, that is not right, is my opinion. I leave it all up to the originators to improve their tooling or leave it as it is. Once in a year, the subject comes up (thanks, Diego), and I write down this old annoyance. I will stop doing this when I am bald and gray. Maybe that is today, I just looked into the mirror. Again, have a nice day, you are good folks. Bert
