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- From: friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Noah Friedman)
- Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
- Subject: Re: Fund raising at the FSF
- Date: 5 Jan 93 08:40:27
- Organization: Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139
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- Message-ID: <FRIEDMAN.93Jan5084027@nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
- References: <1993Jan2.043903.18936@husc3.harvard.edu> <C08sBA.Gp8@world.std.com>
- <1993Jan2.221526.18943@husc3.harvard.edu> <C0Auvy.Co4@mtholyoke.edu>
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- In-reply-to: peterd@pjd.dev.cdx.mot.com's message of Mon, 4 Jan 1993 21:44:42 GMT
-
- In article <peterd.726183882@pjd.dev.cdx.mot.com> peterd@pjd.dev.cdx.mot.com (Peter Desnoyers) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan2.221526.18943@husc3.harvard.edu> zeleny@husc10.harvard.edu (Michael Zeleny) writes:
- >>[...] on the other hand, as a certified misanthrope with no ready
- >>ftp access, I have no way to obtain a copy for nothing.
- >
- >Given your email address, I would bet that you are within stumbling
- >distance of the GNU machines and associated tape drives. If you really
- >wanted a copy that bad you'd find someone on the net who would let you in,
- >hoof it down to Tech Square, and load up a tape or two of your own. It
- >would take you only an hour or two, and save the rest of us from having to
- >listen to your complaining.
-
- I doubt it. The fact that you might have to pay money to get GNU software
- is by far the least of his complaints.
-
- In any case, two points:
-
- 1) Even if Mikhail had ftp access, that doesn't mean everyone does. His
- arguments, sound or otherwise, do not apply to him solely.
-
- 2) We would rather not have hundreds of people walk into our offices and
- use our tape drives. Aside from the nuisance factor of having people
- getting in our way and distracting us, it will also wear our tape
- drives out much faster with any monetary compensation for it.
-