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From: "Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Meaning of the word "free"
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:31:50 -0500
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"Liberated Of Bugs" (or more properly "Liberated From Bugs"?) might make
sense. "My software is being held prisoner by bugs - won't someone come
liberate it from its imprisonment?" - sort of metaphorical.

Last time I checked, Microsoft didn't charge extra for the bugs. :-)

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"Mark Lundquist" <up.yerz@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> Actually, my amusement was at the difference between "liberated of bugs"
and
> "no charge for the bugs"
> :-) :-)
>