From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 12 11:44:47 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92A3F16A4CE for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:44:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21E9D43D3F for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:44:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) j1CBikj33854; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 03:44:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Michael C. Shultz" , Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 03:44:45 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 In-Reply-To: <200502120318.18929.reso3w83@verizon.net> Importance: Normal Subject: RE: Instead of freebsd.com, why not... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:44:47 -0000 > -----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