Re: Building An Apple ][ Software Archive

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Frank Townsend wrote:

> The Top 10 New Terms for Free Software
>
> 10. GRATISWARE
> 9. TAKE-IT-FOR-NOTHING-WARE
> 8. GELTLESSWARE
> 7. NOPAYWARE
> 6. MYTREATWARE
> 5. WON'T-PUT-YOU-IN-DEBTWARE
> 4. ON-THE-HOUSE-WARE
> 3. NO-JACK-NEEDED-WARE
> 2. SANSFEEWARE
>
> . . . AND THE NUMBER ONE NEW TERM FOR FREE SOFTWARE [drum roll . . .]
>
>                     "THE-UN-MOOLA"-WARE
>
> By the way, botanically tomatoes *are* fruits.  Next, you'll be telling me
> that the morning start is not a star!

Well, the morning star is a planet (Mercury or Venus) but I really don't know
about the morning "start"!! :-)

>
>
> "Paul Schlyter" <pausch@saafNOSPAM.se> wrote in message
> news:8r1i72$dhk$1@merope.saaf.se...
> > In article <FWRA5.834$j13.84788@dca1-nnrp2.news.digex.net>,
> > Frank Townsend <ftownsen@iamdigex.net> wrote:
>
> > I think there's a need for a word which means "commercial freeware
> > and public domain software", i.e. all software which legally cna be
> > used for free.  I've used "freeware" for years to mean just that.
> > But I suppose I should stop since so many others attach a somewhat
> > different meaning to the word "freeware".  So I'm asking you: what
> > word your you want to use instead?  Free-of-charge-ware?  That should
> > communicate the meaning OK, but it sounds too clumsy.  Any other
> > suggestions?
> >
> >
> > > Like categorizing tomatoes and apples as "red
> > > fruit"  (pardon the pun ;-))
> >
> > Tomatoes aren't fruit -- they're a vegetable....