Re: Summary: I'm faint! I just saw the price for MPW!

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From: Mark Lanett
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 23:27

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tthiel@cs.uiuc.edu (Terry Thiel) writes:

>agauld@gssec.bt.co.uk (Alan Gauld) writes:
>>A small point but I don't think Stallman has anything against Macs. 
>>Its Apple he doesn't like (and anyone else who throws copyright suits 
>>around)... Since Apple are thus hindering development of quality software he

After a number of people complained that the FSF is being hypocritical becuase
a large number of companies, not just Apple, follow litigenous practictices,
a FSF member admitted that they realize that and chose Apple mainly as an
example, that it would not be possible for them to boycott *everyone* who
did it. So I don't think any Maccer should feel guilty about using GNU
software.

(I may mean GNU instead of FSF; it's hard to tell them apart)

Mark L
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