Hi Brad,
Just a couple of points.
1. Like Christians, I basically judged systems not by
their theories but the people of practice them as well
as how much they were left alone in the world at vital
times for their development. i.e. you can't stomp the
corn when it is a bud and blame for tasting
Ray E. Harrell wrote:
Hi Brad,
Just a couple of points.
1. Like Christians, I basically judged systems not by
their theories but the people of practice them as well
as how much they were left alone in the world at vital
times for their development. i.e. you can't stomp the
corn when
more...
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Just a question. Who pays the salaries for all of these
folks doing free things and giving up their ideas for nothing?
We give $123,000 in scholarship awards to worthy
students and art projects but someone always pays
the bill. People do have to eat.
Also the first post that ascribed this to
Ray E. Harrell wrote:
Just a question. Who pays the salaries for all of these
folks doing free things and giving up their ideas for nothing?
[snip]
someone always pays
the bill. People do have to eat.
Very good question. Sounds to me like a good
research project for some sociologists!
Hi Ray,
Most of the people doing the software development are students or folks
working in public service contexts or people working on their own time (or
on their employers' time when they might otherwise be playing solitaire
;-
Increasingly though for a variety of reasons, some software and
Hi Ray!
Ray E. Harrell wrote:
Just a question. Who pays the salaries for all of these
folks doing free things and giving up their ideas for nothing?
Lots of the programmes which make up Linux are made by students and
other persons working at universities. The kernel of Linux was made by
REH asked:
Just a question. Who pays the salaries for all of these [Linux]
folks doing free things and giving up their ideas for nothing?
The KGB. After all, Linux is a communist plot to destroy the greatest
free enterprise of all times (Micro$oft).
No, wait, that was the Cato Institute's
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