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Re: dvd software
de Maynard Man 04/29/2006 12:15
"Craig" <netburgherAT@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:5Ds4g.9832$Lm5.3805@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com...
>> Hi Craig, ...I usually reply to your posts as you are one of the VERY
>> few who don't see the freeware issue as black and white, you recognise
>> the grey areas and respond in a logical rather than blinkered manner.
>
> I appreciate the compliment, Dave, but I'm afraid you're gonna be
> disappointed...<grin> I'm not reactionary wrt freeware, rather wrt
> on-topic vs off-. I really /do/ come here to read up on freeware. I
> go elsewhere, for example, to read up on motorcycle maintenance (trust
> me, we don't want to hear about Vauxhaul carburetion issues).
Carburetion issues? And theres me thinking you were trying to save the
planet! Don't they come with green injection units nowadays?
> Comparisons are an intriguing idea that I'd like to explore. Maybe mark
> them like we do for update announcements or just [OT]. That'd be very
> interesting. (And this begs the question: Do you use Nero because it's
> better than comparable freeware or because it didn't cost you?)
I paid for Nero Premium and must say I feel worth every penny. I have tried
most of the free ones and you can see why they are free. But I would not
come on here recomending everyone buy Nero as it not ethical wheras
recomending payware if there is NO good freeware available when someone is
in need of help is probably a grey area.
>
>> and use an inferior program for the sake of 20 twenty quid!
>
> [editor's note: Lemme guess, "20 quid" is a sight more than "two bits" but
> substantially less than a "benjamin..."]
Twenty English Pounds young man!
Can comprise of....
20 nuggets or 5 ladies or 2 teners
Essex boy, West Ham fanatic, ex ICF and proud of it LOL.