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- From: ipser@solomon.technet.sg (Ed Ipser)
- Subject: Re: Stallman and friends
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- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 06:38:42 GMT
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- In article <D2150035.mtvsj2@outpost.SF-Bay.org> peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce) writes:
- >I just wanted to thank the large number of folks who sent me email
- >on this subject. It's nice to know there are lots of us who think
- >Stallman is a kook.
-
- I don't believe that it is fair or accurate to describe Stallman as a mere
- kook. If you strip away the leftist rhetoric and the "tax them to subsidize
- us" drivel, you will find a very sound business idea. In essence, what
- Stallman et alia are doing is charging computer manufactureres for the
- privalege of having GNU software on their platforms which they then distribute
- for "free". This is no more kooky than "free" tv which charges advertisers
- instead of viewers. And so long as GNUs relationship with the computer
- manufacturers remains one of commerce, only, we should all be grateful for
- the additional alternative his participation in the market provides us.
-