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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!edcastle!dcs.ed.ac.uk!pdc
  2. From: pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Paul Crowley)
  3. Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
  4. Subject: Re: Fund raising at the FSF
  5. Message-ID: <C0oDJ1.4u9@dcs.ed.ac.uk>
  6. Date: 11 Jan 93 05:49:49 GMT
  7. References: <1993Jan5.090712.9584@uwasa.fi> <2B4BC9F1.666E@tct.com> <FRIEDMAN.93Jan7055058@nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <BASHFORD.93Jan7194947@zippy.scripps.edu> <2B4F312E.E292@tct.com>
  8. Sender: cnews@dcs.ed.ac.uk (UseNet News Admin)
  9. Reply-To: pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Paul Crowley)
  10. Organization: Edinburgh University
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  13. Quoting chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) in article <2B4F312E.E292@tct.com>:
  14. >It's just that spreadsheets aren't as fun to write, and don't generate
  15. >as much peer approval, as clever programming tools.
  16.  
  17. Well, the people who write GNU things are programmers, and they tend to
  18. write them because they feel the need for them.  They're more likely to
  19. feel the need for programming tools than spreadsheets...
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  21. \/ o\ Paul Crowley   pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk  \\ //
  22. /\__/ Trust me. I know what I'm doing.  \X/ 
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