From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 12 12:10:16 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 A338616A4CE for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:10:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out003.verizon.net (out003pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.103]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CD6143D3F for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:10:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from reso3w83@verizon.net) Received: from ringworm.mechee.com ([4.26.84.7]) by out003.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20050212121015.WBOZ7729.out003.verizon.net@ringworm.mechee.com> for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 06:10:15 -0600 Received: by ringworm.mechee.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 993C92CE740; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 04:06:00 -0800 (PST) From: "Michael C. Shultz" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 04:05:58 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200502120405.59468.reso3w83@verizon.net> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out003.verizon.net from [4.26.84.7] at Sat, 12 Feb 2005 06:10:15 -0600 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 12:10:16 -0000 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