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

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