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Free is too expensive (Economist)

Free is too expensive (Economist)

Posted Apr 2, 2012 14:47 UTC (Mon) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Free is too expensive (Economist) by Seegras
Parent article: Free is too expensive (Economist)

>And what exactly is part of that ABI? Some hundreds of libraries?
Windowing toolkit, audio, video, 3D, base system.

>You expect those not being updated for years?
Not break ABI for years.

Microsoft does this just fine with Win32 ABI.


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