Re: In praise of Ada Freeware

[Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <zmk97.11948$ar1.37451@www.newsranger.com>, Ted Dennison<dennison@telepath.com> writes:
> In article <4ajzJ$TMn9o+@eisner.encompasserve.org>, Larry Kilgallen says...
>>
>>Certainly making source available is implicit in Freeware as I described
>>it.  There has been no detail about the environments in which "Freeware"
> 
> Ahh, that's different then. Most of the "freeware" stuff I might download for my
> PC from places like happypuppy.com does *not* come with sources, and that is the
> domain in which I tend to see the term used most.

Obviously our vantage points differ.  I quote from a recent post in
the VMS newsgroup where the meaning of "The Freeware" is considered
to be known by all.  There may be licensing restrictions on some
elements (probably due to the advent of GCC), but very little on
those CD-ROMs comes without source.  The citation is for an FTP
mirror of the discs from two years ago.

Larry Kilgallen

> In article <9jtci1$abo8@imsp212.netvigator.com>, "Kenneth" <best@hotmail.com> writes:
> > Is there any tools for benchmarking the disk performance in VMS 7.2-1?
> > 
> 
> 	Yes.  Check the freeware... it is called TESTDEV.  I dumped
> 	a small .com file out here to act as a driver.
> 
> http://www.openvms.compaq.com/freeware/FREEWARE40/TESTDEV/SRC/
> 
> 				Rob