On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Charlie Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 02:06 PM 3/10/2008 +0000, Alan Bourke wrote: > >Charlie Coleman wrote: > > > > > > Nothing is free from MS dude. > > > > > > > >The Express editions of all the .NET languages and SQL Server Express, > >and the .NET framework are all free ... > > Hmm... SQL Server Express maybe. I think you can actually release > production systems using that and never pay MS a dime. But of course, that > could change at any moment if MS wants to change their licensing > statement. > > But anything .Net is purely geared to MS lock-in. Which is anything BUT > free. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tell us how you really feel Charlie. ;-> Do you complain that you have to register your car every year and possibly pay property tax on it? Has your business model changed because M$ changed a come on service to a fee based one? I'd really like to know why you feel that VS is anything but free? Is it because you need to pay for an operating system on your PC, or that you need to pay for an opperating system on your server(s)? If you had rental homes would you just allow people to move in because they were built? I am sure that you charge for your services, do you rely on only using free products to keep your costs down or just because your a cheap bastard? -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
