[SGVLUG] Visual Studio .NET IDE for Linux!

Dustin laurence at alice.caltech.edu
Tue Jul 26 17:23:12 PDT 2005


On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Mike Dillon wrote:

> I've always thought that "free as in beer" is a funny phrase. Shouldn't
> it be "free as in 'free beer'", since most beer isn't free?
> 
> Can someone tell me where to find this alleged free beer? ;)

What it always reminds me of is the scene in the great cartoon "One Froggy 
Evening" where no one will come in to hear the frog sing, even when the 
"manager" puts out a sign saying "Free Admission."  But when he puts out a 
sign saying "Free Beer" he is trampled underfoot by the surging crowd.

Dustin



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