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Re: Web services are NOT freeware.
de Daze N. Knights 01/19/2007 08:29
Roger Johansson wrote:
> Susan Bugher wrote:
>
>>> I would say that a program which accesses a server in order to update
>>> your system's clock is an example of something that can do this no other
>>> way. I.e., many programs access data on a server. Sometimes this is
>>> necessary due to the huge amount of data that's available and-or the
>>> fact that it's continually changing, but sometimes the data could just
>>> as easily have been included with the program for storage on one's hard
>>> drive. And then of course, there are gray areas between these two exremes.
>
>> Yup. . . IMO it's difficult to draw the line between Webware and web
>> sites that have a ton of useful information - ISTM if the site has a
>> database and a search engine it's Webware. . .
>
> The borderline between software and webware is becoming fuzzier.
>
> A virusprogram needs to be updated and fetch the latest def list every
> day, internet radio and tv programs need to be in contact with
> internet. Mail, web and news clients would be pretty useless without
> contact with the net, weather programs, maps, traffic information,
> etc..
>
> Maybe it is time to change the definition or freeware from:
>
> Software which can be downloaded and used for free on your own
> computer.
>
> to
>
> Software which can be used for free, no matter if it is partly executed
> on your own computer or/and another computer on the net.
>
>
That will certainly not fly with John C., who owns this newsgroup and is
the final definer of the term "freeware."
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Daze