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Article #72692Re: Copyleft benefits users, not just programmers.
From: Kee Hinckley
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1992 07:51
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1992 07:51
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In article <24724@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes: >Emacs is an excellent example of this. Secretaries all over the world >use Emacs, and their skills are portable to many other companies or You are dreaming. Secretaries all over the world know how to use typewriters and maybe Microsoft Word. Secretaries all over the world think Unix is someone who had a nasty accident. Secretaries all over the world are the ones for whom you see posting once every week or so on comp.windows.x asking "Does anyone have a very simple, easy to learn, wysiwyg editor for our non-technical users?". I'm sorry, but I think you got a little carried away with that one. -- Alfalfa Software, Inc. | Poste: The EMail for Unix nazgul@alfalfa.com | Send Anything... Anywhere 617/497-2922 | info@alfalfa.com I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate everyone else's.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,e71af1b1f401c58d X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-01-18 15:13:55 PST Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!spdcc!tauxersvilli!alphalpha!nazgul From: nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) Subject: Re: Copyleft benefits users, not just programmers. Message-ID: <1992Jan18.075123.26591@alphalpha.com> Organization: none References: <30871@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <24724@hoptoad.uucp> Date: Sat, 18 Jan 92 07:51:23 GMT