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Article #71976Re: How *developing* GNU Software has Helped Me
From: David S. Masterson
Date: Mon, 18 May 1992 17:26
Date: Mon, 18 May 1992 17:26
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>>>>> On 18 May 92 04:38:02 GMT, yee@mipgsun.mipg.upenn.edu (Conway Yee) said: >>Are there any examples of someone becoming fameous (within the >>software world) for developing free software, and this fame gets them >>a good job? Were I a CS undergraduate, I would probably be using this >>strategy. > RMS immediately comes to mind. He became famous by developing "free" software, but did he get a good job as a result? Looked at another way, is RMS someone who will (one day) have the chance to enjoy the fruits of his labor or, like legendary painters, the value of his works will only be realized after his death? -- ==================================================================== David Masterson Consilium, Inc. (415) 691-6311 640 Clyde Ct. davidm@consilium.com Mtn. View, CA 94043 ==================================================================== "Perhaps the best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time." -- Dean Acheson
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