> I'd better reply quickly, before Helen sees me :-)

Just hide behind a curtain - that usually helps me ;-)

> Linux is "free" as in free speech, and as in "open source". Free as in
> people are free to examine the source - it is not proprietary. It is NOT
> free as in "we are giving it away for nothing". (Which is what free beer
> would be)

Right - thanks for the explanation.

A day nothing learned is a day wasted ;-)

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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