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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9b30240b5a381bbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-23 12:15:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.columbus.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D6689E9.C5206FFC@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Followup-To: misc.test Subject: Re: Software Economics was RE: Ada 95 for an ARM-based bare board? References: <3D66792F.F77550E@san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 19:15:01 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.148.61 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1030130101 66.75.148.61 (Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:15:01 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:15:01 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28349 Date: 2002-08-23T19:15:01+00:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol wrote: > > Well, then, that's the cost, isn't it? :-) They give away their OS for free, > > too. You just have to buy their OS to use it. > > Oh where can on get a free Windows OS? I would like Windows 2000 instead > of Windows XP where nothing works. It comes with the OS. It's already there, once you install Windows 2000. Just like IE. Just like Linux. > > Not "as speech". Free like free beer. > > http://denbeste.nu/essays/freebeer.shtml > > This essay contradicts itself. In what way? > Exactly the money value. So why not say this in the first place? Um, this statement makes no sense, by which I mean "it isn't english enough for me to understand it". On the other hand, this is comp.lang.ada. Followups redirected. -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. ** http://images.fbrtech.com/dnew/ ** Try our EbolaBurgers... So tender they melt in your mouth.