Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 15:28:27 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: dan@langille.org Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stallman now claims authorship of Linux Message-ID: <15071.19051.343972.458299@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <200104192013.f3JKDfm73628@ns1.unixathome.org> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010419140150.045176b0@localhost> <200104192013.f3JKDfm73628@ns1.unixathome.org>
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Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> types: > On 19 Apr 2001, at 15:10, Mike Meyer wrote: > > Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> types: > > > Not true. Commercial software does not destroy markets or reduce > > > programmers to the status of wage slave. > > Try contracting for MicroSoft. > I'm a programmer. I get paid for my work. And by no means can it be > considered a slave wage. I'd say the same thing myself. And, contrary to the nonsense that Brett was spouting, it doesn't matter whether I'm working on GPL'ed softare or not. > > You build capital as a programmer under conditions D, E and F the > > exact same way you do in all those other fields, working under those > > conditions. > Can I pay my mortgage with that capital? Since people working in other fields seem to manage it, you ought to be able to. <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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