Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.misc,net.wanted Subject: Re: Question for Freeware authors Message-ID: <651@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 17:20:27 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.651 Posted: Mon Aug 12 17:20:27 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 05:34:41 EDT References: <873@wanginst.UUCP> <390@timeinc.UUCP> <181@tekig5.UUCP> <392@timeinc.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 19 Xref: linus net.misc:6921 net.wanted:6189 > Language is an evolving thing. Flugelman was the guy that made up the > term "freeware". This has become a part of our living language. > > I think there might be room left in the language for one more word: > a word that will cause this fellow to be remembered. > It's this reasoning that keeps us measuring frequency in Hertz and conductivity in Siemenns. Next thing, we'll have to start calling the C compiler "Ritchie." -Ron Frequency is measured in cycles, not cubits, bushels, or yards. Hertz rents cars. If number one isn't enough, and number two tries hard enough, kilohertz would soon become kiloavis.