Free as in beer (was Re: [SGVLUG] Visual Studio .NET IDE for Linux!)

[Mike Dillon]

begin Claude Felizardo quotation:
> >From the Wikipedia which has an article about "Gratis versus Libre"...
> 
> Free as in beer refers to things which are available at no monetary
> cost (like free beer at a party). It can be contrasted with the
> expressions free as in speech, free as in freedom, or free as in
> rights, which refer to something which is free of restrictions, as in
> the freedom of speech.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_as_in_beer

This is why I almost said "please don't 'correct' me" (I literally had
that in a P.S. and then deleted it). My intent was to humorously poke
fun at a saying that is a little silly on its face.

Wasn't it obvious that I understood the reference when I said "free as
in 'free beer'"?

-md

P.S. I'm leaving on a week's vacation right now, so I'll be dropping off
this thread.