[UFO Chicago] WCLUG on Thursday, January 2

[Mike McCune]

OK, I'll bite on a troll. The owner of the software has a right to releas=
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under any license he chooses and the users can choose the software they u=
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All other things being equal, why would a user choose software with heavy=
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restrictions (proprietary) when there is plenty of less restrictive softw=
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(free) available?

On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 10:55:09AM -0600, Crow Leader wrote:
> so, I guess that software is no good until it's GNU virus-ified.
>
> KEN
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike McCune" <mmccune@attbi.com>
> To: "Crow Leader" <kkanno@users.symmetric.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 1:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [UFO Chicago] WCLUG on Thursday, January 2
>
>
> That's funny. I used to work for a company that made embedded controlle=
rs
> for
> cars and most of the software was written by the manufacturers. When th=
ey
> outsourced the software, they always made sure to get the source code s=
o
> they
> could modify it, if needed.
>
> On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 12:19:02AM -0600, Crow Leader wrote:
> > You better walk there. I hear there are no opensource engine computer
> > programs for buses and cars. That make them bad and evil.
> >
> > KEN
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike McCune" <mmccune@attbi.com>
> > To: <ufo@ufo.chicago.il.us>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 9:24 PM
> > Subject: [UFO Chicago] WCLUG on Thursday, January 2
> >
> >
> > Start of the new year right by freeing yourself from proprietary soft=
ware.
> >
> > WCLUG is at the usual time and place: first Thursday 7pm at Latizia's
> > bakery.
> >
> > Thursday, January 2 at 7pm at Latizia's Bakery, 2144 W. Division St.,=
 on
> > Division between Daemon and Western.
> >
> > Bring your 802.11 cards! Free wireless access during the meeting prov=
ided
> by
> > FaceFive.
> >
> >
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