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========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 08:29:20 -0600
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From: Kyle Silfer <kyle@RTOADS.COM>
Organization: Reign of Toads
Subject: Re: Earliest "free software"
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>The microcomputer community had, essentially, three options:
>
>1. Buy Microsoft (or some other proprietary) BASIC. 2. Write a public-domain (or Open Source) BASIC, possibly
>based on Tiny Basic (published in an early Dr. Dobbs Journal). 3. Copy Microsoft BASIC from a friend.
>
>Ignoring the obvious legal implications, option 3 (a quality product for free) is the clear short-term economic winner since it requires minimal skill on the part of the "customer."
You could also buy Tiny BASIC directly from the People's Computer Company, who apparently sold a few different flavors of it for $5 a pop, although the pirated Microsoft BASIC was more popular.
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From: Kyle Silfer <kyle@RTOADS.COM>
Organization: Reign of Toads
Subject: Re: Earliest "free software"
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Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
>The microcomputer community had, essentially, three options:
>
>1. Buy Microsoft (or some other proprietary) BASIC. 2. Write a public-domain (or Open Source) BASIC, possibly
>based on Tiny Basic (published in an early Dr. Dobbs Journal). 3. Copy Microsoft BASIC from a friend.
>
>Ignoring the obvious legal implications, option 3 (a quality product for free) is the clear short-term economic winner since it requires minimal skill on the part of the "customer."
You could also buy Tiny BASIC directly from the People's Computer Company, who apparently sold a few different flavors of it for $5 a pop, although the pirated Microsoft BASIC was more popular.
[Reign of Toads 87196-0498 USA ] ==oo==
[http://www.rtoads.com/hypertoad/ ] ==oo==
[info@rtoads.com; subject: "subscribe" ] ==oo==
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