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- From: esr@snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: FAQ maintainer needs some leverage on Dell
- Message-ID: <1hSxpl#4ykCq26b2MJt3dCW2l1Cxdqm=esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
- Date: 16 Aug 92 23:31:59 GMT
- References: <1992Aug2.140227.12578@phillip.edu.au> <1992Aug13.024432.14841@hp1.holl.com> <1992Aug14.212539.24147@mole-end.matawan.nj.us>
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- In <1992Aug14.212539.24147@mole-end.matawan.nj.us> Mark Terribile wrote:
- > It's true that Mr. Raymond seems to be in the business of selling
- > things that people could get free, and of being given neat stuff
- > for saying what he thinks. But he seems to be successful, and to
- > be having some fun besides.
-
- No offense meant, Mr. Terribile, but I'm not aware that I'm selling anything
- people could get for free. Seems to me I'm giving away information that
- you couldn't buy for any reasonable price before I started the Guides. What
- are you referring to?
-
- > I for one am jealous of his business acumen.
-
- To paraphrase Mae West, "business acumen ain't got *nothin'* to do with it".
- I'm struggling pretty hard to meet the expenses created by all the time I've
- spent on free software and net.projects. If I were after the bucks, I could
- be pulling down $80K per annum as a senior systems hacker somewhere.
- --
- Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
-