Re: An attempt (probably in vain)

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From: Michael I Bushnell
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1992 23:13

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In article <1992Jan19.210036.11183@alphalpha.com> nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) writes:

   >First, there would be more, and better quality, software, and it would
   >be more generally available.
   >
   >Second, there would be far fewer programmers.

   Well I'm confused.  Who's going to write the software if there are
   fewer programmers?  Or does "programmer == someone-who-sells-software"?
   Or are you implying that the current situation results in many
   programmers duplicating effort?

The latter.

	-mib

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From: mib@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell)
Subject: Re: An attempt (probably in vain)
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