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- Item 2926725 9-Jan-90 12:30
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- From: POWERUP.DEV Power Up Software,PRT
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- To: D5295 Reseach SW Design, D Goldman,PRT
- MACAPP.TECH$ MacApp Technical
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- Sub: Guerillas in the App II
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- Attn: Reseach SW Design, D Goldman,P
- Attn: MacApp.Tech$
- SentBy: James Plamondon
- Date 1/9/90
- Subject Guerillas in the App II
- From James Plamondon
- To Reseach SW Design, D Goldman,P
- CC MacApp.Tech$
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- Reply to: Guerillas in the App II
-
- Dear Mr. Goldman,
-
- I am afraid your noble concept is doomed to failure. The very advantages of
- your proposal — that Guerilla Programming will make life easier for everyone,
- while having the authors go unrewarded — are its greatest weaknesses. They
- assure that while participation in the scheme is to the collective good, it is
- to the detriment of the individual participant. That person benefits most
- from your scheme, who contributes least — while those who contribute the most
- come out at a clear financial loss (for time IS money).
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- Any plan based on the assumtion that people will nobly sacrifice their own
- good for the benefit of the collective is a losing proposition — ask any
- Romanian. That is why copyrights, patents, and the other legal hassles
- surrounding intellectual property exist — because without them, nothing would
- get done.
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- Therefore, although I would be delighted to benefit from the fruits of your
- proposed plan, I am afraid they will succumb to the cold frost of individual
- self-interest.
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- Hoping that I'm wrong, and that your venture will be a stunning success, I am
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- Yours,
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- James Plamondon
- Software Engineer
- PowerUp! Software
- 2929 Campus Drive, Suite 300
- San Mateo, CA 94403
- (415) 345-5900 x351
- AppleLink: PowerUp.Eng
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