Xevil (a game for Linux) is an exapmle of a program that is opensource, but shareware. You can download the source and play with it, but the writers do expect $20 for playing the game.
I go to a highschool that requires laptops and I must say it has many benefits, but many problems too. I first should say that it is a private boarding school, so the bill for them is footed by the parents. It is very nice to be in a place where a teacher can easily do a more modern project with computers for a class because everyone has one. Unfortunately, my school chose Macintoch as thier platform, and since they are so unreliable there is enevatably someone in a class who does not have their computer working at the moment. This turns what should be a wonderful learning tool into more of a hinderance than a help. Adding to the fact that many of the teachers know less than the students about computers, few of my classes actually use them. I was one of the students in charge of fixing people's computers when they break, so I knew how often they actually did break. I think that laptops in schools are a great idea, but I don't think they are yet feasible in reality.
It wouldn't quite be possible, because of the loss of data from the brain (if you can't remember where you put your car keys, how do you expect it to remember thousands of lines of code)
As a person that probably spends more time downloading freeware/shareware than actually using it, I didn't think bannerware was something new. Along w/ AIM, ICQ and GO!Zilla, I have come across many more programs that have banners or other advertisements in them. Another example are the FerretSoft applications, a very good set of web/irc/files/people/news meta searches. With most it the same deal, freeware with the banners, register to get rid of them. Personally I think the idea is great, as long as it stays just banners and not anything more obtrusive. This way both I, and the company are happy. They make money either way, and I don't have to pay to upgrade from a "lite" version, as with most shareware. I'd much rater have a little add that I can completely ingore than half the features of a program disabled.
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Xevil (a game for Linux) is an exapmle of a program that is opensource, but shareware. You can download the source and play with it, but the writers do expect $20 for playing the game.
I go to a highschool that requires laptops and I must say it has many benefits, but many problems too. I first should say that it is a private boarding school, so the bill for them is footed by the parents. It is very nice to be in a place where a teacher can easily do a more modern project with computers for a class because everyone has one. Unfortunately, my school chose Macintoch as thier platform, and since they are so unreliable there is enevatably someone in a class who does not have their computer working at the moment. This turns what should be a wonderful learning tool into more of a hinderance than a help. Adding to the fact that many of the teachers know less than the students about computers, few of my classes actually use them. I was one of the students in charge of fixing people's computers when they break, so I knew how often they actually did break. I think that laptops in schools are a great idea, but I don't think they are yet feasible in reality.
It wouldn't quite be possible, because of the loss of data from the brain (if you can't remember where you put your car keys, how do you expect it to remember thousands of lines of code)
As a person that probably spends more time downloading freeware/shareware than actually using it, I didn't think bannerware was something new. Along w/ AIM, ICQ and GO!Zilla, I have come across many more programs that have banners or other advertisements in them. Another example are the FerretSoft applications, a very good set of web/irc/files/people/news meta searches. With most it the same deal, freeware with the banners, register to get rid of them. Personally I think the idea is great, as long as it stays just banners and not anything more obtrusive. This way both I, and the company are happy. They make money either way, and I don't have to pay to upgrade from a "lite" version, as with most shareware. I'd much rater have a little add that I can completely ingore than half the features of a program disabled.