On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 10:32:44 +0100, Martin Maechler wrote:
>1) dataload is *not* free software in the sense of the > Free Software Foundation (which has existed for a much > longer time than MS windows!): Actually they're contemporaneous. MS Windows version 1.0 came out in 1985, the same year the FSF was formed. The initial announcement of it was made in 1983, the same year of the initial announcement of the GNU project. Coincidence? I think not. Has anyone ever seen Bill Gates and Richard Stallman in the same room at the same time?? :-) Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help