On Friday, 16 בFebruary 2007 02:35, Amos Shapira wrote: > thefreecountry.com lists a few free C/C++ compilers, including a free > version of the Intel compiler for Linux (for non-commercial use), in > http://www.thefreecountry.com/compilers/cpp.shtml
s/free/free of charge/g There are enough companies that tries to blur the distinction and muddle the water so it's easier to fish the naive. The more experienced user already know that usually, "free" gifts are nothing more than colored glass beads waiting for you to shell real money for the crown jewels. Over time many users rightfully became suspicious to those "free" gifts and always look for "the catch". Therefore, we should always keep (and present) the distinction very clearly and prevent anybody from associating Free-Software with those "free-now-until-we-trapped-you-in-our-hands" software. Any such association causes real damage to Free-Software. There's nothing wrong in using proprietary software (gratis or not), as long as those who use it understand clearly the difference from Free-Software. -- Oron Peled Voice/Fax: +972-4-8228492 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.actcom.co.il/~oron ICQ UIN: 16527398 But it does move! -- Galileo Galilei ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
