Re: Now I found out that to BIND I have to Pay?????
- Posted by CoJaBo <CoJaBo_EUforum_Address at CJBN.net> Nov 21, 2004
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(Would have post this sooner, but router failed while I was typing this!) Greg Haberek wrote: > > > VB? Free? Heck, you even has to pay to test it. Unless you download it > > illegaly. > > Um, no? That statement couldn't be more wrong. The VB "Learning > Edition" is 100% free, my school (ITT Tech) distributes a copy with > our base-level VB class. > > Try this on for size: > <a > href="http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/vbasic/">http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/vbasic/</a> > > Express is *the* newest version of VB and its 100% free. All I had > to do to download it was fill out some basic contact and usage > information (who am i, what do i do, what am i using vb for) At least you dont have to do that for Eu! And I don't think VB is cross-platform. > > Let's compare: > Euphoria 2.5 Alpha stage Free (some features removed) > VB Express Beta stage Free (some features removed) > > Hmmmmm...... > > I hate seeing people knocking VB, its a great tool, and it is free > if all you want to do is learn. But if Microsoft finds out you've been I guess you can't sell those VB programs... > distributing "Learning Edition" executables (which I'm sure they can > track) then your in some deep stuff. I learned how to program on > QuickBasic 7.1 (which I paid for!) then VB 6 (Learning Edition - from > school) and now Euphoria. VB doesn't suck if you know how to use it, > and neither does Euphoria. Hell, people that know how to use Java > properly seem to make a nice living, and Java sucks! Especilly the author of Nitrous version 2, now written in Java, and compatible with Firefox... I wonder how much money you could make stealing e-mail addresses, online accounts, credit-card numbers, and anything else on a computer...? > > ~Greg > >