Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 03:44:45 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Michael C. Shultz" <reso3w83@verizon.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Instead of freebsd.com, why not... Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNMEGEFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <200502120318.18929.reso3w83@verizon.net>
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> -----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
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