Re: [Dev-C++] Some topics

[Mac R. <re...@no...>]

At 10:51 PM 7/4/02 +0200, Hongli Lai wrote:
>On Thu, 2002-07-04 at 21:38, Mac Reiter wrote:
>> I am not especially interested in the "free, as in beer" aspect of Dev-C++,
>
>Actually it's "free, as in freedom".


My apologies.  I did not mean to imply that the "free" aspect of Dev-C++
was limited only to the price.  My appreciation of the open-source nature
of Dev-C++ is even greater than my appreciation for its monetarily
uncommitted nature.  

I only meant to state what I personally would be willing to pay for an IDE
that met my needs.  I also meant to emphasize that I was not looking for
the best "free" IDE, but that I was looking for the best IDE even including
commercial offerings.  

My reasoning is that when I have complained about the state of IDEs to
friends/family/coworkers, the usual response is "Well why don't you go buy
a good one instead of limiting yourself to the free ones."  And the point I
was trying to make (and failed, obviously), is that money doesn't solve
this problem -- there isn't a "good one" to buy, either...

Anyway, sorry for the confusion.  Thank you all -- Colin, Hongli, and
anyone else who has been contributing to the code base -- for your efforts,
and for making your efforts available both in their end product form and in
their source code form.  And, of course, thank you for your ongoing efforts
to continually improve the product.

Mac
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