Please forgive me for not being 100% here but do I take it as a compliment
that I'm a modern medici or as a statement that there aren't any more.
>
> I would like to make a comment on Mr. Dinowitz' last statement.
>
> <cframble>
>
> In the Renaissance, we had families such as the Medicis who spent
> considerable money and effort to find potentially great artists and then
> provide them with the resources that allowed them to learn and create,
what
> I consider to be, some of the greatest works of art in human history. Our
> history is also replete with starving artists who died paupers.
>
> CF, and programming in general, is both an art and a science. It has
cold
> technical requirements, but its form can be greatly complicated and
diverse,
> allowing for creative and artistic thought.
>
> There is, however, one big difference between the art of Michaelangelo
and
> Rafael, and the code and methodology books of today. People make money
from,
> and increase their earning potential with, today's art.
>
> I don't think that Gates has ever opened his doors to starving freelance
> coders. The Medicis are dead. We have no National Endowment of the Code.
>
> </cframble>
>
>
> Lon Lentz
> Applications Developer & CyberEntomologist - Alvion Technologies
> DataWarehousing and List Sales - Market Your Lists on the Net!
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 1:47 AM
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: Re: The Issue of Printing the Ebook
>
>
> I would have loved for the online version to be free but the decision was
> not to. On the other hand, my printed material is always online free. And
as
> for the cost of development, let me just say that both Fusion Authority
and
> Michael Dinowitz have a bank account very close to $0 for the time being.
>
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