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From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: Help help.. please.i am totaly new in ada programing
Date: 1999/11/02
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In article <7vncqp$c52$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> wrote:
> In article <7vmupj$t4$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
>   Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com> wrote:
> > And of course it costs money to operate the phone line you
> > would use to download all that "free" software. And let's not
> > forget about the electricity!
>
> Well a critical issue here is standard free software concerns.
> The issue is looking for a free software solution, not one
> that costs $0 (Ted, I trust at this stage you *do* understand
> the difference :-)

Yes, but its just not what we were talking about at all. We were
discussing "gratis" free, not "libre" free; and in the context of
default parts of the system already being paid for.

I think nearly everyone here well understands that a system with totally
"libre"-free software can currently not be acquired via Microsoft or
Apple. It could even be a fairly interesting discussion (eg: OK, you
have Gnat and Linux. But are all your device drivers OpenSource?); Its
just not the one we were having.

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T.E.D.


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