This is outrageous. The title lured me to the page by implying the possibility of "free beer", whereas it's about software, open-source and contains such words as "fiscal" and "inclusivity". I feel tricked.
@catoutfit; Bud is an "expensive" beer in the UK probably because they figured out they could make more money selling it that way. It's all marketing, nothing to do with the quality.Firstly, we already have our own established "everyday" beers, and selling it as a premium beer reduces the need for it to appeal across the mass-market and allows them to target the youth types who can be sold its American image as an asset. (No, they're not selling it on the reputation of American *beer*, but your average British Budweiser drinker isn't a beer snob anyway; they're more likely image-conscious.)Personally, I actually like Budweiser better than most beers. This isn't really a compliment though; I don't like beer much at all, and like Budweiser because it's sweet, innocuous and inoffensive- the kind of thing that real beer fans hate about it. :-)
I agree that the title and description for this digg submission is misleading but the article is not given that it is published on Free Software Magazine's site.However, the article is about beer -- Free Beer -- the product with that name, which is made with a recipe that is available to all just like free software. The "source code" is available. That means if you wanted to you could use it, study it, improve on it, just like free software.It is the company's twist on the saying about free software which goes "free as in beer". The company's version is about their own beer and goes "free as in free software".I think it's very clever.
llbblSep 10, 2006
It gets you drunk and then you end up spending all your money on strippers, thats why!
mang420Sep 11, 2006
Free beer? what? i bet its crap, i would rather PAY for GOOD Beer anyday than drink poor quality frees**t
gweedo767Sep 11, 2006
As shown here:<a class="user" href="http://lbbrewing.com/">http://lbbrewing.com/</a>You can't get free beer in Kansas...Oh, we are talking about "free" software? Oh, um, I want my software in the Free Thought arena!!!
tablatronixSep 11, 2006
Free as in "I am a moron".
inkubuxSep 11, 2006
mmmmmmmmm beeeeeeeeeeeeeer
jarasmenSep 11, 2006
This is outrageous. The title lured me to the page by implying the possibility of "free beer", whereas it's about software, open-source and contains such words as "fiscal" and "inclusivity". I feel tricked.
nogoodnamesleftSep 11, 2006
@catoutfit; Bud is an "expensive" beer in the UK probably because they figured out they could make more money selling it that way. It's all marketing, nothing to do with the quality.Firstly, we already have our own established "everyday" beers, and selling it as a premium beer reduces the need for it to appeal across the mass-market and allows them to target the youth types who can be sold its American image as an asset. (No, they're not selling it on the reputation of American *beer*, but your average British Budweiser drinker isn't a beer snob anyway; they're more likely image-conscious.)Personally, I actually like Budweiser better than most beers. This isn't really a compliment though; I don't like beer much at all, and like Budweiser because it's sweet, innocuous and inoffensive- the kind of thing that real beer fans hate about it. :-)
chieffySep 12, 2006
I agree that the title and description for this digg submission is misleading but the article is not given that it is published on Free Software Magazine's site.However, the article is about beer -- Free Beer -- the product with that name, which is made with a recipe that is available to all just like free software. The "source code" is available. That means if you wanted to you could use it, study it, improve on it, just like free software.It is the company's twist on the saying about free software which goes "free as in beer". The company's version is about their own beer and goes "free as in free software".I think it's very clever.
jacks0nSep 13, 2006
it costs money to copy it, software doesn't. well basically nothing.