From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kal Lin
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 1:32 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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
-------------
For more information, please link to www.opengamingfoundation.org
