I'm offended too, darn it!
[waves arms]
[stamps feet]
[kicks lawn gnome]
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>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kal Lin
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><< 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
>
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