Re: Publicly funded software development (was: KDE v. Gnome)

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From: Phil Hunt
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 00:00

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In article <6vmp1j$th6$2@blue.hex.net>
           cbbrowne@hex.net "Christopher Browne" writes:
> >> If it were done by voting nobody would write anything but games.
> >
> >Not necessarily. I'd be happy to vote for compilers, word processors,
> >spreadsheets, web servers, etc.
> 
> Unfortunately, the "voting" approach encourages organizations to produce
> "bread and circuses" and (on the software side) "chrome" so as to
> attract interest and votes.  It would turn into something remarkably
> similar to the present commercial marketing systems... 

I for one would certainly not support anything which even hinted at
resembling an animated paperclip.

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From: philh@vision25.demon.co.uk (Phil Hunt)
Subject: Re: Publicly funded software development (was: KDE v. Gnome)
Date: 1998/10/11
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