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Re: Web services are NOT freeware.
de Frank Bohan 01/20/2007 02:55
"Roger Johansson" <roger4911@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1169229292.191462.106080@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>
> 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:
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> 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.
>
>
> --
> Roger J.
An excellent suggestion. Seconded.
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Frank Bohan
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