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shadowfyr · 08-27-2007, 02:18 PM

Wasn't aware than Bill Clinton ran a mud. lol And I agree. You get the same BS with software, and the result is that ***everything*** except "free as in beer" software shows up in any sort of search engine when looking for it. That ****es me off enough that I don't need to go through the same thing trying to find a game to play, where my main interest is entertainment, not trying to find program X which does Y, because I need it for something. I don't "need" a game, so also don't "need" my time wasted wading through variations on, "Well, this program is free to download, try, use, but not if you are trying to do something commercial (most), not if you need support of the older language features (MS products), and doesn't have features X, Y and Z enabled (a lot of them), unless you give me money. The ones that are upfront about it I might consider *when* I have the money. The ones that are not...

08-27-2007, 02:18 PM	#146
shadowfyr Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 310	Re: What does "Free" Mean? Wasn't aware than Bill Clinton ran a mud. lol And I agree. You get the same BS with software, and the result is that *everything* except "free as in beer" software shows up in any sort of search engine when looking for it. That ***es me off enough that I don't need to go through the same thing trying to find a game to play, where my main interest is entertainment, not trying to find program X which does Y, because I need it for something. I don't "need" a game, so also don't "need" my time wasted wading through variations on, "Well, this program is free to download, try, use, but not if you are trying to do something commercial (most), not if you need support of the older language features (MS products), and doesn't have features X, Y and Z enabled (a lot of them), unless you give me money. The ones that are upfront about it I might consider when* I have the money. The ones that are not...