OpenEuphoria

Re: Now I found out that to BIND I have to Pay?????

• Posted by CoJaBo <CoJaBo_EUforum_Address at CJBN.net> Nov 21, 2004
• 556 views

(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
> 
>