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Started by Martin Pauley
Wed, 13 Jan 1993 01:42
Re: FSF vs Apple -- please think again
Author: Martin Pauley
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 01:42
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 01:42
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In another article, de5@ORNL.GOV (Dave Sill) wrote: >It's not a squabble. Please don't ask them (us) to compromise their (our) >beliefs for your convenience. You bought the Mac, implicitly supporting >Apple's business practices--now live with your decision. Keep the Mac and >forget GNU software or replace the Mac. The choice is yours. It may not be his choice! Maybe the Mac is part of his course/job. I sympathise in this case. I have a friend who has to complete a piece of software on the Mac for her final year Biochemistry project. The people who began the program knew little about computers and the program became a large mess. My friend, although quite proficient with computers, does not have the time to tidy the entire program. Most of the changes required are regular so an Emacs Lisp utility could fix it with a little help. Unfortunately, no Emacs! I don't disagree with the boycott; I'm just looking at things from both sides and wishing there was a better course of action against companies like Apple.
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