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1 total messages Started by Martin Pauley Wed, 13 Jan 1993 01:42
Re: FSF vs Apple -- please think again
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Author: Martin Pauley
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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