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In <1989Oct19.140255.834@odi.com> benson@odi.com (Benson I. Margulies) writes:

Benson> 1) In The Real World, [...]

What is this "Real World" you speak of?  People are doing the same
thing in alt.religion.computers.  I rather suspect that this "Real
World" that gets dragged up by everyone from students to soldiers is
just as much a figment of the imagination than whatever "fantasy
world" they might be trying to debunk.

Benson> 2) The FSF isn't about making a publicly available pool of software.

Not only, but it is certainly one of the objectives.

Benson> (question: what widely used piece of software (that is, by real people,
Benson> not by programmers) ...)

Here we go again.  I am rather insulted that I reduce to no more than
a figment of Mr Margulies' imagination; my bill collectors seem to
think I am real enough, even if I am 9-7886503-2 to them.

Benson> I can see why companies might sign up to this program: imagine the
Benson> advantages to those MBA's if programmers were cheap labor, working 
Benson> for the love of the activity? 

These MBAs will then be happy to discover that administrative and
consulting costs will keep their budget in much the same situation it
always was.

Dave
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