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Article #1833Re: harmful effects of gnu software II
From: Alan Braggins
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:05
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:05
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>>>>> On 25 Jan 93 14:55:43 MDT, sl1yn@millville.declab.usu.edu (869483 Denys Larry) said: > I have a question for all you GNU/socialists/commmunists out there. > If the GNU idea is so great, why don't we apply it to other parts of the > economy? Like, say, woodworking. Think about it. You're a cabinet > maker; you love to work with your hands and create works of art and use > out of wood. Why should you do such a thing for as filthy a reason as > money. Surely, you should just give away your work for free. Sure. Once we have Star Trek replicator technology so we can copy chairs for minimal cost, and cabinets so complex you can make a living selling consultancy. Think about it. Maybe even take that one economics course you mentioned.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ug.eds.com!swordfish!alanb Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: harmful effects of gnu software II Message-ID: <ALANB.93Jan26180522@swordfish.sdl.ug.eds.com> From: alanb@sdl.ug.eds.com (Alan Braggins) Date: 26 Jan 93 17:05:22 GMT References: <C1CD82.4Gt@news2.cis.umn.edu> <C1FBoE.Gy6@news2.cis.umn.edu><1993Jan25.145544.63165@cc.usu.edu> Distribution: world Organization: Shape Data (Division of EDS), Cambridge UK Nntp-Posting-Host: 134.244.153.114 In-reply-to: sl1yn@millville.declab.usu.edu's message of 25 Jan 93 14:55:43 MDT Lines: 14