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- From: mellon@ncd.com (Ted Lemon)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Re: Why the Piracy? Here's why...
- Message-ID: <MELLON.93Jan12121359@pepper.ncd.com>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 20:13:59 GMT
- References: <freek.726615644@groucho.phil.ruu.nl> <1993Jan10.184956.20791@nwnexus.WA.COM>
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- In-reply-to: phaedrus@halcyon.com's message of 10 Jan 93 18:49:56 GMT
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- >It sounds to me like rich philanthropists are going to be the only
- >people able to be full-time artists, scientists, programmers, etc.
- >under your scheme.
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- I'm not at all convinced that that's true, but even if it is, isn't it
- a laudable goal to be trying to create a world in which *everybody*
- can be a rich philanthropist if they want?
-
- _MelloN_
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