At 09:21 AM 7/4/2007, Tim wrote:
>>>>>If you want to know whether that "free" means "zero cost" or
"encumbered," Google it. I'm not providing all the answers on a plate.<<<<<
Good morning, Tim.
Well, no one asked you to. :-)
As someone who's been a Linux user since kernel version 0.95, I guess I
have a vague idea what "free" and "open source" means in this
context. It's just that until today I had never seen or heard the acronym
FOSS applied to it.
I'm also well aware that it's some kind of a cultural requirement on the
Internet that you're not allowed to just give a straight answer to a
question that YOU consider basic or a FAQ, you're required to add some ad
hominem seasoning to it. It has been that way since the heyday of Fidonet
and RIME and I guess it'll never change.
I have always wished that it were not so. But, that's OK, I have a thick
skin. :-)
Anyway, thanks for the info... and Ian, thanks for the link, I should know
by now to have just plugged it into wikipedia and something useful would
probably have come out.
