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Article #73908Re: free software creates a new kind of [free] monopoly?
From: Devon E Bowen
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1991 14:16
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1991 14:16
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In article <1991Jul21.220203.597@visix.com>, amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker) writes: |> This does put me in the odd position of supporting GNU for selfish |> capitalist reasons, though :). Every try and explain the GNU philosphy to a drunked red-neck? They start by giving you a lecture on "this isn't Russia, you know" and then they yell a bit and then you leave the bar to avoid seeing what happens next. 8-) Next we'll see legislation to require the FSF to sell their software (this isn't Russia, you know). Devon
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,566ddbfb9b33042 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-07-22 08:30:56 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!bowen From: bowen@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Devon E Bowen) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: free software creates a new kind of [free] monopoly? Message-ID: <84445@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Date: 22 Jul 91 14:16:09 GMT References: <9107191647.AA02950@circus.Camex.COM> <1991Jul21.220203.597@visix.com> Sender: news@acsu.Buffalo.EDU Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo/Comp Sci Lines: 13 Nntp-Posting-Host: castor.cs.buffalo.edu Originator: bowen@castor.cs.buffalo.edu