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

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From: Toon Moene
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 00:00

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algoss@damclara.net (algoss) wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Oct 1998 10:50:19 +0100, Jason Clifford
> <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> >In the UK we pay a TV license to fund the BBC. We do so becuase it
> >offers a social service.

> We pay a TV license because the tv licensing authority in bristol has
> a database of every household in the country. If your house doesn't
> show up as having a license they send the heavys round and send you to
> prison..

Pah, if I could just pay for the BBC in this country, I would be willing to 
think about it.  However, with the current crap that's on Dutch television, I 
rather read comp.os.linux.advocacy ...

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From: Toon Moene <toon@moene.indiv.nluug.nl>
Subject: Re: Publicly funded software development (was: KDE v. Gnome)
Date: 1998/10/05
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