-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 11 Feb 2002 10:31 am, Jonathan Bacon wrote:
It is so stupid this concept that people have that free is bad - and I think the only thing that will quash it is case studies that prove that a technology that is free can be useful.
Eventually this stupid misconception about free == sh*t should be dust when people can see others making good use of free software.
I think that the main misconception about free == sh1t is when you look at a lot of freeware Windows programs, they are sh*t compared to the expensive commercial versions. Yes, there are a few decent freeware programs around, most look like they've been coded in VB by a bored zoo monkey. I *know* that there's the difference between free (gratis) and Free (libre) software, but to the average corporate mentality, they'll think about free as in freeware, rather than a Free commercial-quality (uckk...I hate that phrase) application. If that makes any sense :) Dan - -- dankolb@ox.compsoc.net - --I reserve the right to be completely wrong about any comments or opinions expressed; don't trust everything you read above-- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQA/AwUBPGe6+JdDUnce+EgsEQLRRgCgwF8qtTNArLg7GJaRXoGcS3FH51YAmwQS Asg3wkanASoqIHOpddgk363N =wM8E -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----