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| Boy, did they ever miss the point. What on earth do hair, knuckles or shoes have to do with software development? (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Tragic, when Windows 2000 is being treated like the Second Coming, and Microsoft is due to face judgement in the anti-trust case. The whole Lego programming phenomenon would have been the perfect way to present the issues of free software to (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well, everything the reporter got out of RMS may have been to silly and annoying to print. The last time I heard him interviewed (at length) on the radio, his big point was that it's wrong to make and sell copyrighted software. So whenever the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general)
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| Followups to off-topic.debate, because... suffice it to say, I do not agree, sir. :-) Stallman may be a bit flakey as a person, but I think the general theme that one can create "free" software and make a healthy living from it is extremely valid. I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) True. It's my belief: "Those who can, do." "Those who can't, teach." "Those who can't teach become journalists." Actually, I don't believe that part about teaching. I know many excellent teachers. I can't say the same of journalists or (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general)
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