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- From: shane@cs.sunysb.edu (Shane Bouslough)
- Subject: Re: On knocking .edu folks (was: Re: PC Unix/Xenix vendors)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.000700.21604@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:07:00 GMT
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- John De Armond (jgd@dixie.com) wrote:
-
- : shane@cs.sunysb.edu (Shane Bouslough) writes:
- :
- : >: Sorry pal. Nice try, but you loose. Perhaps I'm stupid, but I've actually
- : >: *bought* releases from FSF instead of UUCPing them, or I get them from people
- : >: who donate a portion to the FSF. I buy the printed manuals, instead of
- : >: printing them off myself. I've bought distibutions from MIT for X,
- : >: including the manuals. I've sent my $100 to the 386BSD folks. I also *pay*
- : >: for my connectivity to the network...
- :
- : >Not so fast Kemosabe. Do you actually think the price you paid comes
- : >anywhere close to fair market value for what you got? I hope you don't
- : >think that. Sure, you paid what they asked, but let's be honest. Did
- : >you buy one distribution tape of FSF or X code and use it more than
- : >once?
- :
- : By definition he paid fair market price for the products because he paid
- : what was asked. That's kinda obvious to us .com people. Actually he paid
- : more than fair market price because fair market price is zero for FSF stuff,
- : again by definition. And we haven't even discussed yet the tax subsidies
- : we .coms get to pay to such projects.
-
- You actually think paying $0 for a product that other companies charge
- thousands for is *fair market value* just because Stallman has decided
- to give GCC away? You really think that?!?
-
- My definition of fair market price is $cost_to_produce + $profit_market_allows.
- You think all of a sudden a high quality compiler costs nothing to
- produce or maintain, and all of a sudden users refuse to pay profit?
- FSF is a mutant in the world of business. It's actions are in no way
- controlled by capitalist forces. How can you include their price structure
- in *any* discussion of fair market value?
-
- : >Lighten up, dude. A few less trips to the coffee machine might do you
- : >some good.
- :
- : As would a trip to Econ 101 for you.
-
- I bet you live for alt.flame.
-
- : John De Armond, WD4OQC |Interested in high performance mobility?
- : Performance Engineering Magazine(TM) | Interested in high tech and computers?
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- : jgd@dixie.com | perform@dixie.com for a free sample mag
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-
- -Shane
-
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