Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 22:29:44 -0500 From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pfgiffun@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> To: "Michael C. Vergallen" <mvergall@mail.double-barrel.be> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dos2unix Message-ID: <372E69A7.5A93BBCC@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> References: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9905040455030.5582-100000@ws3.double-barrel.be>
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Just for a change, knowing that you are wrong, I'm gonna encourage you with this message I received today ;-) Subject: The "Zen" in Investment Banking > >> An investment banker was at the pier of a small >> coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one >> fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large >> yellow fin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on >> the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch >> them. >> >> The Mexican replied, only a little while. >> >> The banker then asked why didn't he stay out longer and >> catch more fish? >> >> The Mexican said he had enough to support his family's >> immediate needs. >> >> The banker then asked, "but what do you do with the rest >> of your time?" >> >> The Mexican fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, >> play with my children, take siesta with my wife, Maria, >> stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and >> play guitar with my amigos, I have a full and busy life." >> >> The banker scoffed, "I have an MBA and could help >> you. You should spend more time fishing and with the >> proceeds, buy a bigger boat with the proceeds from the >> bigger boat you could buy several boats, eventually you >> would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your >> catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the >> processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would >> control the product, processing and distribution. You would >> need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to >> Mexico City, then LA and eventually NYC where you will run >> your expanding enterprise." >> >> The Mexican fisherman asked, "But, how long will this all >> take?" >> >> To which the American replied, "15-20 years." >> >> "But what then?" >> >> The banker laughed and said that's the best part. "When >> the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your >> company stock to the public and become very rich, you would >> make millions." >> >> >> "Millions.. Then what?" >> >> The banker said, "Then you would retire. Move to a small >> coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a >> little, play with your kids, take siesta with your wife, >> stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip >> wine and play your guitar with your amigos." >> >> >THIS SHOULD KEEPS THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE!! > Michael C. Vergallen wrote: > Yes nesessary ... Look in the ideal world (where everyone could live of a > grant or trust fund) his ideas would have been taken up a long time ago... > You look at this this way ... if everyone had the money he or she needed > and could afford to do what they wanted then his model would be > ideal..e.i. everyone working for the greater good and all that ... now > that is RMS's situation ... he can basically write his own ticket and has > not to worry like most poeple about the where the next meal or rent check > is going to come from... Thus because of that he can afford to tell poeple > to give the code for free and tell poeple that a copywright licence is > shit and why not just give the code away... I do understand that most > poeple are not in that situation so they have to sell them selves into > something I call slavery most poeple call it a job. That is okey if you > have to but I don't ... You see what I mean... if everyone had the same > amount of money to do what they really wanted they could be generous and > work for free and give their work away... You are looking at the GPL from > the way of someone who has to sell it's labour to make a living but in the > world RMS lives in he does not have to and so he can be generous... Like > if really that Redmont company wanted to they could do the same and the > board of directors would not feel a thing...because they made enough money > allready to live of for the next 100 years in the same style they live now > > Michael > --- > Michael C. Vergallen A.k.A. Mad Mike, > Sportstraat 28 http://www.double-barrel.be/mvergall/ > B 9000 Gent ftp://ftp.double-barrel.be/pub/linux/ > Belgium tel : 32-9-2227764 Fax : 32-9-2224976 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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