Thank you for the correction. Please excuse my sloppy non-tech choice of words. I am still a beginner. I meant software that is free to all, no strings attached and no secrets. The sort of stuff that emerges from generous hearts and minds. :)
John. On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 08:16 am, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 07:50:24 +1000 > > Johngibbons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A freeware enthusiast, > > Freeware usually means software available only as a binary, but > without any cost being imposed. > > It is not the same as Free Software and is not the same as Open > Source. > > > I am reminded of a lesson I learned when I was in a > > war: "Attack from all sides". > > Microsoft is one of the biggest proponents of Freeware in the world. > It has used Freeware like IE and Media Player to wipe its competition > (Netscape, Real and others). > > I don't think Freeware can address any of the problems that Free > Software and Open Source attempts to address, namely: > > 1) Better quality software through peer review. > 2) Less wastage of programmers time through reuse of code. > 3) Better education of programmers due to the large amounts > of quality source code. > > .... > > N) Destruction of M$ :-). > > > Erik > -- > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yes it's valid) > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > A good debugger is no substitute for a good test suite. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
