[PLUG] HB 2892 Makes The Oregonian
Carla Schroder
pluglist at bratgrrl.com
Wed Mar 26 15:38:02 UTC 2003
On Wednesday 26 March 2003 2:04 pm, Ed Sawicki wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 13:25, Paul Heinlein wrote:
> > On 26 Mar 2003, Ed Sawicki wrote:
> > > > Although open-source advocates claim the benefits of
> > > > interoperability with other software, Starnes said many
> > > > open-source programs are not yet compatible.
> > >
> > > Compatible with what? I expect this FUD from Microsoft.
> >
> > Compatible with the proprietary file formats used by manufacturers of
> > closed-source software, of course...
>
> Exactly. Refresh my memory please. Do we "like" the
> Tripwire company? I forget. :-)
We sort of like them. Tripwire Inc. puts most of its resources behind the
commercial version, which has a lot of features we'll never see in the free
edition. Like management and administration utilities. There are people in
the company who see no value in supporting the free version, or in giving
anything away. (I have a friend who works there) They've suffered like
everyone from the recession. However they continue to support the free
version.
Remember that 'free' means liberty, not free of cost, but that's mostly
forgotten in favor of 'freeloader' er I mean 'free beer'.
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Carla Schroder
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