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| Subject: |
Outrageous linux prices |
| Date: |
December 15, 2003
10:24:10 AM
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| Name: |
Dave O'Connor |
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ioconnor@mailblocks.com |
| Message: |
I've just started using this product again after
a few years. And I see that it's been upgraded
from the 7.5 version I have to 8.0. So I looked
at the prices and fell out of my chair!
I want to use my linux system but there's no way.
More and more developers are switching to linux
where most everything is free. This is where the
market is heading. It should be cheaper than on
M$. Yet you've priced youself out of
consideration for us at home users. I seriously
think you should reconsider your distribution
process so you can capture the masses on their
private linux installations yet still be able to
get the money that's needed for supporting your
product in large company environments.
Bottom line, changing your licensing structure
will get you much more money. It's outdated and
keeping the multitudes of potential users away!
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| Subject: |
Re: Outrageous linux prices |
| Date: |
December 16, 2003
3:14:44 PM
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| Name: |
Anonymous |
| Message: |
I do agree with your analysis of PC-lint vs.
FlexeLint pricing. UNIX is no longer purely a
corporate solution.
Until Gimpel software fixes this, do be aware that
PC-lint runs just fine on Linux as a regular
console application and works just fine on G++ code.
LINT-NT.EXE only imports 57 symbols from
KERNEL32.DLL, all of which are flawlessly
implemented in Wine. There is no performance
difference when running it this way.
Simply install Wine (http://www.winehq.com/), then
just type:
$wine lint-nt.exe [parameters]
Or, if you add the appropriate line to
"/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register," you can just
type:
$lint-nt.exe [parameters]
For more details on running Win32 console apps
under Linux with Wine, see:
http://www.winehq.com/site/docs/wine-user/cui-programs
See /usr/src/linux/Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt
for more info about binfmt_misc.
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