Re: What so special about PostgreSQL and other RDBMS?

I am not sure why you are trying to be dense here but that's your choice that I cannot argue with.

'A vendor of free software', while logically a contradiction in terms, is a convenient shorthand for 'a vendor of services for a piece of free software'. In lingustics, this phenomenon is called ellipsis and can lead to to some funny expressions. However, an average person can easily deduce the meaning of an elliptical construction. Witness 'I do/I will' taken in isolation.

So be a good chap will you and apply some context to the 'inherently imbecilic expression' in order to deduce its meaning.

Otherwise, for consistency sake, you'd need to abandon the ambiguous English entirely and start all your new messages with the ZFC axioms and go on from there ...

VC

"Noons" <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam> wrote in message news:40b7509e$0$1582$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> VC allegedly said,on 29/05/2004 12:28 AM:
>
> > I'd imagine Howard has already clarified the specific situation: RedHad
is
> > not selling Linux which is indeed free but their (RedHat's) packaging
and
> > maintenace. Am I missing something here ?
>
> Therefore it is not free. Therefore a "vendor" of "free software" is
> an inherently imbecile suggestion.
>
> Exactly what portion of it is soooooooo hard to understand?
>
> --
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam
Received on Fri May 28 2004 - 11:00:35 CDT