From: tmoran@bix.com
Subject: Re: Confusing language, was Re: Help help.. please.i am totaly new in ada programing
Date: 1999/11/04
Date: 1999-11-04T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YJlU3.60$0h7.11516@typhoon-sf.snfc21.pbi.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7vs4g9$7hs1@news.cis.okstate.edu
>>From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (07Oct99) [foldoc]:
>
> proprietary
>
> 2. In the language of hackers and users, inferior; implies a
> product not conforming to {open-systems} {standard}s, and thus
> one that puts the customer at the mercy of a vendor who can
> inflate service and upgrade charges after the initial sale has
> locked the customer in.
It's been pointed out multiple times that free(libre) does not
imply free(gratis), so am I prevented from taking the GNAT source,
modifying it, say for MacOS, and charging for it (following the
same source code release requirements as ACT, of course)? Is
ACT prevented from charging for upgrades after the customer is
locked in? And ACT currently has a large support charge - what
prevents them from inflating it further once the customer is
locked in ? Or the same for any other vendor of "{open-systems}
{standard}s" software?
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1999-10-29 0:00 Help help.. please.i am totaly new in ada programing vico
1999-10-29 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-10-29 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-10-29 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-10-29 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-10-30 0:00 ` Dave Taylor
1999-10-30 0:00 ` gnat on macintosh James E. Hopper
1999-10-30 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-10-30 0:00 ` James E. Hopper
1999-10-31 0:00 ` Help help.. please.i am totaly new in ada programing Robert Dewar
1999-10-29 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-10-29 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-10-30 0:00 ` Siow Wey Hua
1999-10-29 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-10-29 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-10-31 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-31 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-31 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-01 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-11-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-02 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-11-02 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-11-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-02 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-11-03 0:00 ` Free Software -- was, " Richard D Riehle
1999-11-02 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-11-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-02 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-11-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-02 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-11-03 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-11-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-03 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-11-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-02 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-11-03 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-11-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-02 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-11-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-03 0:00 ` tmoran
[not found] ` <01bf25cc$5d390fc0$022a6282@dieppe>
1999-11-03 0:00 ` Georg Bauhaus
1999-11-04 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-11-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-03 0:00 ` Georg Bauhaus
1999-11-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-04 0:00 ` Georg Bauhaus
1999-11-05 0:00 ` Stefan Skoglund
1999-11-04 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
1999-11-05 0:00 ` Stefan Skoglund
1999-11-03 0:00 ` Georg Bauhaus
1999-11-03 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-11-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-04 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-11-04 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
1999-11-04 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-11-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-08 0:00 ` Georg Bauhaus
1999-11-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-04 0:00 ` Georg Bauhaus
1999-11-03 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
1999-11-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-03 0:00 ` Confusing language, was " tmoran
1999-11-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-04 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-11-04 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-11-04 0:00 ` tmoran [this message]
1999-11-04 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-11-04 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-11-05 0:00 ` Craig Spannring
1999-11-05 0:00 ` Stefan Skoglund
1999-11-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-04 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-11-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-09 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-11-10 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-11-04 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-11-05 0:00 ` Stefan Skoglund
1999-11-06 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-11-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-08 0:00 ` Tarjei Jensen
1999-11-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-09 0:00 ` Tarjei Jensen
1999-11-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-09 0:00 ` Y2K liability, was " tmoran
1999-11-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-08 0:00 ` Marin Condic
1999-11-08 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-11-09 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-11-09 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-11-09 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-11-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-09 0:00 ` Marin Condic
1999-11-09 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-11-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-11-10 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-11-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-11 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-11-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-11 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-11-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-11 0:00 ` Marin Condic
1999-11-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-12 0:00 ` Marin Condic
1999-11-12 0:00 ` Marin Condic
1999-11-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-19 0:00 ` GNAT.Calendar (was: Re: Confusing language, was Re: Help help.. please.i am totaly new in ada programing) Mario Amado Alves
1999-11-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-12 0:00 ` Confusing language, was Re: Help help.. please.i am totaly new in ada programing Robert I. Eachus
1999-11-12 0:00 ` Marin Condic
1999-11-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-13 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-11-15 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1999-11-15 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-11-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-11 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-11-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-10 0:00 ` Confusing language etc Nick Roberts
1999-11-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-04 0:00 ` Confusing language, was Re: Help help.. please.i am totaly new in ada programing Richard D Riehle
1999-11-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-05 0:00 ` Stefan Skoglund
1999-11-05 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-11-01 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
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