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In article <1992Sep2.071820.4483@dmc.com> munroe@dmc.com (Dick Munroe) writes:
>I beg your pardon, but programming has NEVER been such a career.  It has ALWAYS
>cost money, until recently LOTS of money, to indulge in a programming career.

Excuse me?  Are you intentionally dense, or is it a matter of genetics?  Noah
wrote:

In article <FRIEDMAN.92Sep1184721@nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu>, friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Noah Friedman) writes:
>> In article <1992Aug31.134159.9893@pica.army.mil> SteveWall@aol.com (Steve Wall) writes:
>>>If a programmer doesn't like 
>>>the way patents affect his freedom, he's welcome to find a career more 
>>>suitable to his ethical/political standards.  
>>    Once upon a time, programming was such a career.  Why should we have to
>> throw it away?

Not that it was free, but that a programmer could work without the bullshit
that has been coming out of the patent office recently.

>Then came the 70s and, thanks to DEC, machine prices dropped by a factor of 10
>or so.  

Yeah, those microcomputers available in the '70's for under $5k had
*nothing* to do with it, or with the growing popularity of programming.
Nope, nosiree.

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