[NCLUG] Re: [NCLUG] Re: Fwd: Re: possible Qwest protest action in Colorado

[Daniel Miles]

Ok, so here's something I still don't understand about the open sourcing community:

I think it's a great and noble thing to provide software free for the masses (and I think it's even better in the face of the unreasonably high prices and horrible software of MS) but what is wrong with a coder who wants to be paid for his work?

On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:25:47 -0700 (MST)
Charles Clarke <clarke at clarkecomputer.com> wrote:

> I just assumed Bill was doing some private teasing that I didn't
> understand because his posts in the past haven't shown such a
> rude attitude(especially to a non-NCLUGer).  Did I mis-assume?
> (though I'm not sure Stallman is anti-programmer, just against people
> creating programs and SELLING them to the masses. :-)
> 
> charles
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> On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Daniel Miles wrote:
> 
> > Not that I don't like a good flame war but maybe we should all just agree to be friends.
> > 
> > I didn't see the words anti-freedom or anti-choice anywhere in Matt's letter and everybody *does* have the right to an opinion even if it's unpopular. If you disagree, say so by dispute, not flame.
> > 
> > On Tue, 1 Jan 2002 17:32:09 -0700 (MST)
> > "Bill Thorson" <thorson at aster.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > > Matt:
> > > >
> > > > I didn't know that Slashdot had published anything until I
> > > > read your message just now. I generally do not read Slashdot,
> > > > because its employees have posted defamatory remarks about me
> > > > in the past and most of its readers seem to unthinkingly support
> > > > Richard Stallman's anti-business, anti-programmer agenda. (As
> > > > a writer of commercial software who is struggling as it is to
> > > > compete with Microsoft, I certainly would not want to support a
> > > > group which seeks, out of spite, to destroy my livelihood.) But
> > > > I would be happy to participate in a protest against Qwest's
> > > > activities.
> > > 
> > > Oh come on now.  The sole purpose of your message to nclug was
> > > to spread your anti-stallman, anti-freedom, anti-choice agenda.
> > > It has nothing to do with the topic. (mine either :^)  You say
> > > you would not want to support a group which seeks, out of spite,
> > > to destroy my livelihood but I would venture to guess that you
> > > own something sold by Microsoft. They are your enemy as you stated.
> > > 
> > > I do not agree with RMS on many things but would not like to see
> > > what this Internet world would be like without him.  The world needs
> > > radicals like him.
> > > 
> > > Bill
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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