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From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
Subject: Re: Summary of Linux vs. 386BSD vs. Commercial Unixes
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 16:58:01 GMT
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In article <9304181046.aa28257@gate.demon.co.uk>, damian@centrix.demon.co.uk (damian) writes:
| People who write public software only do it for one thing: to see their
| name in lights. That might seem frivolous, but I believe it's true. So
| if that is their only motivation, then don't allow the sharks to take
| that away from them. After all, no motivation, no software.
Um, I don't think you speak for all authors of free software,
certainly not for me. I suspect in most cases 90% of the work was done
to solve a problem, and only the last 10% of the effort, documentation
and packaging, and maybe a few bells and whistles. If a person is a
problem solver in general, there will be a lot of "neat stuff" generated
over the years, which can be shared with the net with minimal effort.
--
bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
Last year I worried that Bush would die and let Quayle take over.
This year I worry that Hillary will die and let Bill take over.