On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 21:16, you wrote:

> If you have to help, then they aren't free.  You can just as well "help" to
> get a good tool developed by paying for a commercial product.  In the end
> you get what you "pay" for either way.

I agree Olin, but for a small business like mine, a little time spent writing
a tool is not a lot of money, and I mean a little time, take the XML script I
wrote for KATE to highlight the AVR, It took all of 2 hours from start to
finish, and that was from someone who has never written a word of XML in her
life :o). Sure some tasks like simulators etc are big and need 1000's of
person hours, but if 1000 people each wrote a small module, it would take no
more than 5 hours per person (assuming it would take one person 2000 hours).

I pay for software that works and does what I need, but I also use free /
reduced price software if it does the same job as $$$$$ software :o)

Regards,

Kat.

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