Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

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Re: scriptingNews outline for 6/9/99

Author:	Kurt Granroth
Posted:	6/9/1999; 10:45:02 AM
Topic:	scriptingNews outline for 6/9/99
Msg #:	7153 (In response to 7137)
Prev/Next:	7152 / 7154

Microsoft: Viewer for Word 97. It's freeware.

Random observation: this is precisely why Eric Raymond et al created the "OpenSource" tag. The free-fanatics could never live with you calling the wordviewer "freeware" since it isn't even remotely free from Stallman's perspective. The fact that you used the term and the fact that we all knew what you were talking about, though, shows the fallicy in Stallman's continuing instance on using that term.

Hrm.. maybe "gratisware" would be better...

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