From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,811674947553ef14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-26 10:10:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!newsfeed.mathworks.com!cyclone.swbell.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C02858B.5809E1B7@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> From: Wes Groleau Reply-To: wwgrol@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es-MX,es,pt,fr-CA,fr MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Meaning of the word "free" References: <5LHYDjy2Mcfg@eisner.encompasserve.org> <9ttn98$dnl$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 13:10:19 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 1006798236 151.168.144.162 (Mon, 26 Nov 2001 13:10:36 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 13:10:36 EST Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16994 Date: 2001-11-26T13:10:19-05:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: > > Last time I checked, Microsoft didn't charge extra for the bugs. :-) In a way, they do. If you do not have a support contract, this call will cost ..... And if the warranty wasn't already empty, they take the extra step of saying they are not responsible for any damage the software causes. -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau