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Article #73944Re: free software creates a new kind of [free] monopoly?
From: Devon E Bowen
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1991 18:50
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1991 18:50
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In article <17302@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, chased@rbbb.Eng.Sun.COM (David Chase) writes: |> In article <84445@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> bowen@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Devon E Bowen) writes: |> >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-) |> |> I fail to see what has to do with anything, since a drunken redneck is |> unlikely to help the GNU project through programming or donations of |> support. Perhaps you intend to imply that those who doubt the |> ultimate wonderfulness of GNU are "drunken rednecks", but I'll assume |> not, because I am in fact one of those people and I'm rarely a drunken |> redneck. |> |> Anyhow, you wonder why I doubt the ultimate wonderfulness of FS, no |> doubt. No, not really (hell, who am I kidding... I couldn't care less). I was simply posting an amusing anecdote that was taken too seriously during a spell of paranoia. 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: 1991-07-23 22:18:30 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!lll-winken!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!dsinc!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: <84711@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Date: 23 Jul 91 18:50:26 GMT References: <9107191647.AA02950@circus.Camex.COM> <1991Jul21.220203.597@visix.com> <84445@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <17302@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> Sender: news@acsu.Buffalo.EDU Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo/Comp Sci Lines: 22 Nntp-Posting-Host: castor.cs.buffalo.edu Originator: bowen@castor.cs.buffalo.edu