David Guest wrote: > Ross Davey wrote: >> I have never worked in such a hard environment. It would have been >> easier and less restrictive to just be commercial and forget the >> 'public good' notion. After all, almost no one gives a bugger.
Yes, one can't help but feel sometimes that the rewards must be coming in the afterlife, if you believe in that sort of thing, because the pay-offs for being good in this life seem few and far between. Especially in the software business. > Dr. K. Sri Dhammanada died two weeks ago, > http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/03/asia/AS_GEN_Malaysia_Obit_Dhammananda.php. > > He sounds like one of Horst's mates:- > *//* > "Happy is he who has lofty and noble aspirations > Happy is he who enriches the lives of other > Happy is he who allows others to live in peace > Happy is he who makes the world a better place to live in > Happy is he whose work, chores and daily tasks are labours of love > Happy is he who loves love." > > but might be a bit of a commo, I reckon. I think that "Happy is he who allows others to live in peace" rules out any possibility that he is (or was) a communist, but an anarchist, yes, maybe. Tim C _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
