On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Martin L. Shoemaker wrote:
> I'm sorry you insist on being offended by simple facts. His accomplishments
I think I've presented some simple facts. Don't you think
it may be possible you've retained the wrong impression
from an article you read 8+ years ago or that the publisher
was mistaken?
For the very little consulting work he does, he charges
a large fee. But he was not VERY comfortable. Even now
he doesn't own a car or a house or even a laptop. Many
companies balked at his conditions. Back then people
like Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Ken Thompson,
Don Knuth, Larry Wall, Bill Joy, Dan Bricklin were
all producing very impressive software.
> 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.
I snipped those portions because I agree with your
acknowledgement of his accomplishments. I have nothing
to say if you want to praise his accomplishments but I
do have something to say about suggesting he was VERY
comfortable financially for his work on GNU. Misrepresenting
a high profile individual to support your argument is wrong.
But that is the opinion of a nimrod.
To end on a lighter note:
http://www.saturnus.com/~krynos/humor/computer/rms_linus_knuth.txt
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