XPost: alt.privacy   
   From: MikeE@ster.invalid   
      
   Marion wrote:   
   > The point simply is that it does   
   > "something" for free. And that's what matters for freeware.   
      
   I'm not clear on what you are doing about your 'index of suspicion' that   
   you should maintain for the adage, 'if you are not paying for the   
   product, you ARE the product'.   
      
   Personally I don't subscribe to that, because I live in a world which is   
   full of volunteers who collaborate on open so rce ware, and they aren't   
   trying to 'get' me, b t I'm also a die-hard skeptic who feels that there   
   are all kinds of both good-g ys and bad-g ys l rking behind free st ff.   
      
   Hmmmph. My 'yew' key died d.ring this msg.   
      
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   Mike Easter   
      
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