Re: Fund raising at the FSF

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From: Paul Crowley
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 05:49

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Quoting chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) in article <2B4F312E.E292@tct.com>:
>It's just that spreadsheets aren't as fun to write, and don't generate
>as much peer approval, as clever programming tools.

Well, the people who write GNU things are programmers, and they tend to
write them because they feel the need for them.  They're more likely to
feel the need for programming tools than spreadsheets...
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Subject: Re: Fund raising at the FSF
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