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In article <haney.688747354@moonshine>, haney@moonshine.llnl.gov (Scott W. Haney) writes...
>charlie@umnstat.stat.umn.edu (Charles Geyer) writes:

>>I will concede that "terrorist" is perhaps not the best slogan to use to
>>attack Apple.  Just thought I try it out to see how it sounded.
> 
>  Wow! A concession from a GNUster.  I think I'll frame this :-).  Seriously,
>there is a difference between arguing forcefully and foaming at the mouth.
>Do you think Apple employees, having been labeled as terrorist scum, are
>going to help your cause?  

Actually there are many Apple employees who are "helping the GNU cause",
if that cause is seen as promoting the distribution of free software
with source under the framework of the GNU public license.  That is, 
if one takes "GNU cause" to mean something apart from the LPF boycott.  

Apple has permitted employees to work on ports of GNU software to
A/UX, MPW, and the native Mac OS.  This software is freely available
to the net community on Apple's own ftp servers.

Just out of curiosity, does Microsoft let employees spend company time
porting free software, or commit company resources to be used to 
distribute it?  I remember reading a long thread in one of the MS Windows
groups in which people were licking MS's feet because they released
a "White Paper" describing their plans for Windows NT.  Gee, wow!

And while we're at it ...

   Is DOS 5.0 or Windows available by anonymous ftp? 
       The Mac system software is ...

   Is the Windows SDK available by anonymous ftp?
       Many equivalent Mac development tools are ...

   Is is Apple or Microsoft that controls > 80% of the personal
   computer operating system market?

-- Bill (johnston@minnie.me.udel.edu)