Article View: gnu.misc.discuss
Article #1776Re: harmful effects of gnu software
From: Greg Lindahl
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 22:11
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 22:11
9 lines
1060 bytes
1060 bytes
In article <1993Jan23.205326.24479@klaava.Helsinki.FI> lukka@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Tuomas J Lukka) writes: >Or do you mean that consumers start demanding companies to write free software? Consumers already demanded that companies drop copy protection. Just look at the change in the PC market on this issue. Companies like Cygnus are happy to fill a niche supporting (& writing) free software. Free market. It applies even to "free" software.
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<1993Jan23.221144.6735@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!darwin.sura.net!uvaarpa!murdoch!fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU!gl8fReferences:
<1993Jan22.222424.24191@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <1993Jan23.081203.25955@samba.oit.unc.edu> <1993Jan23.205326.24479@klaava.Helsinki.FI>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!darwin.sura.net!uvaarpa!murdoch!fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU!gl8f From: gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) Subject: Re: harmful effects of gnu software Message-ID: <1993Jan23.221144.6735@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia References: <1993Jan22.222424.24191@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <1993Jan23.081203.25955@samba.oit.unc.edu> <1993Jan23.205326.24479@klaava.Helsinki.FI> Distribution: gnu Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 22:11:44 GMT Lines: 9