HEY!
*points to the gnome*
Do not taunt the Lawn gnome. It has powers you cannot comprehend...
-Chris
who needs more coffee this morning
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Christopher T. Miller -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OtherWorld Creations -- http://www.otherworlds.cx
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From: "Faustus von Goethe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 7:22 AM
Subject: RE: [Open_Gaming] Consolidated Remarks
> I'm offended too, darn it!
> [waves arms]
> [stamps feet]
> [kicks lawn gnome]
>
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> >From: "Martin L. Shoemaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kal Lin
> >Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 1:32 PM
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> >Subject: RE: [Open_Gaming] Consolidated Remarks
> >
> ><< By whom was he called the best programmer in the country in the 80s?
>>
> >
> >Sorry, but that issue of Info World -- or PC Week, or whatever the trade
> >journal was -- has been in a landfill for at least 8 years now. So I
can't
> >answer that without more effort than I can spare from work right now. But
> >that was the basic thrust of the article: that the man often cited as the
> >best programmer in the country was giving away software.
> >
> >
> ><< >Absolutely! From the biography I read, Stallman was VERY comfortable
in
> >his
> > >consulting.
> >
> >Please give some examples of where he was very comfortably
> >compensated for his consulting in the 80s. >>
> >
> >Per the same article, he was charging basically lawyer's rates -- well
over
> >$100 per hour, back in a time when that was NOT commonplace for
> >programmers -- AND requiring companies accept his terms for turning over
> >the
> >software. And he was as busy as he cared to be, NOT counting his time on
> >GNU. Sounds pretty comfortable to me.
> >
> >
> ><< Even the biggest
> >opponents of free software have never suggested that Stallman
> >was "VERY comfortable" financially during his work on GNU.
> >By all accounts, he lived very cheaply and sacrificed a very
> >comfortable lifestyle to give us free software. To suggest
> >otherwise is a discredit to what he's accomplished. >>
> >
> >I'm sorry you insist on being offended by simple facts. His
accomplishments
> >stand on their own merits regardless of your desire to be offended. I
have
> >continued to acknowledge his accomplishments, but you conveniently snip
out
> >those portions of my messages because then you cannot be offended. I hope
> >you're enjoying your offended status.
> >
> >Martin
> >
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