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Article #72538Re: Too Good to be True?
From: Ed Carp
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1992 02:57
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1992 02:57
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In article <1992Jan31.023208.7079@uunet.uu.net> kyle@uunet.uu.net (Kyle Jones) writes:
>I think it's fabulously ironic. Software companies hamstrung by
>greed. They're sinners, unrepentent, Hell-bound. Is it any
"Well, Brother McNeeley, if you don't give your software away for FREE, well,
then, you're going to HELL! 'Cause it's right here in the Word Of God, Jesus
says to GIVE YOUR SOFTWARE AWAY!!! And that goes for you, too, Brother Kahn,
and all of our beloved brothers and sisters at Ashton-Tate, and Brother Gates
at Microsoft, and Brother Akers at IBM, and..."
"...and now, before we end our service, I'd like to ask our ushers to pass
the buckets there, and I want all y'all out there to open your purses and
pocketbooks and wallets, giving as to how the Spirit Of The Lord moves you,
and GIVE! We accept VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Diner's Club, and
Discover. Checks with two forms of ID, please, and we also accept software,
especially new releases of Windows/NT, Solaris 2.0, Turbo C++, and 4.4BSD.
Hardware is ALSO welcome ... BROTHER MCNEELEY!!! The Church needs a new
SparcServer 690, with a couple of gigs online -- for our mailing list, you
understand..."
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,e71af1b1f401c58d X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-01-30 19:06:44 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!cronkite.Central.Sun.COM!jethro.Corp.Sun.COM!pogo.Corp.Sun.COM!erc From: erc@pogo.Corp.Sun.COM (Ed Carp) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Too Good to be True? Message-ID: <koheo3INNa05@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> Date: 31 Jan 92 02:57:07 GMT References: <MIB.92Jan27202633@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <aDN0eB9w164w@mantis.co.uk> <1992Jan31.023208.7079@uunet.uu.net> Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca. Lines: 27 NNTP-Posting-Host: pogo.corp.sun.com