Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 04:05:58 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <reso3w83@verizon.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not... Message-ID: <200502120405.59468.reso3w83@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNMEGEFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNMEGEFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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On Saturday 12 February 2005 03:44 am, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Michael C. > > Shultz > > Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 3:18 AM > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not... > > > > > > > > What about the other 12000 ports? How do they do in windows? > > > > Likely there is a *FREE* port for most of what you listed above. > > And if you wish to donate half of what you paid for each of those > > listed programs > > Ah, but that is the rub, methinks. Even if our Anthony is squeaky > clean and paid for every one of those apps, there are so many many > others who don't pay a dime for their Windows applications because > they steal copies of them from their friends. > > That is one of the dirty little secrets about Windows you know. > Price for price, for a great many people, the costs are equal. > > And not to mention all the people who got their copies legally > yet paid nothing for them - because they happened to work at > a company that has a Microsoft Site license. As those of you > know who have dealt with such things, the site licenses that > Microsquish writes for companies over 100 head all contain > language that -explicitly- allows any employee to make and install > copies of the site-licensed software that they use at work, on > their home PC. And in some cases the companies don't even > have to be that big to get one of these. > > Ted Ted, one thing I've noticed in my years of computing, there is no shortage of stupid people. I thank god they gravitate towards windows and away from me. ;) -Mike
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