Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 02:53:29 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, dan@langille.org, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stallman now claims authorship of Linux Message-ID: <15071.60153.512245.200296@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010419200357.0469ba40@localhost> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010419144936.00bd5850@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010419143024.045d2100@localhost> <200104192013.f3JKDfm73628@ns1.unixathome.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20010419140150.045176b0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010419200357.0469ba40@localhost>
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Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> types: > At 03:00 PM 4/19/2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > >Not true. The largest producer of software in the US through the early > >80s never produced a single product, and they're still around. > I sincerely doubt that. Feel free to doubt facts if they don't agree with your world view. They're still true. I said through the early 80s because that was when I first became interested in how much not being able to copyright it would reduce the production of software (ans: about as much as not being able to copyright it would reduce the design of non-digital typefaces). The only real change in software production since then is that Gates has made a very visible fortune selling crappy software. So anyone who writes crappy software think they deserve the same, and they whine about it when they realize there's not much market left between crappy software from Gates and free software from other sources. So I wouldn't be surprised if the same statement still held true - for the same producer, even. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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