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  3. February 2004

RE: Economics of "free"

Per David's orders:

Okay...  I already suggested same.  Btw, this was intended to be interpreted
as a COMPLIMENT to Jay and an insult to ESR's book, which describes the
"Art" and "Culture" and "Philosophy" of Unix.  Which I always thought was
PRIMARILY an OS rather than a cult, personally.

| -----Original Message-----
| [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of David Gibbs

| jt wrote:
| > And you might recall a post from Jay Maynard saying similar, back around
| > last Oct/Nov.  (I didn't know, until I skimmed ESR's latest
| "Book" that Jay
| > is a bone-a-fyd CELEBRITY, as he helped on one chapter of the
| "gospel"...;-)
| > Jay and I have exchanged some posts on this subject on 2
| threads here on M-L
| > over the past year or two (and, Iirc, an e or two).
|
| I think it's time that this thread be moved over to MIDRANGE-NONTECH
| (http://lists.midrange.com/listinfo/midrange-nontech).
|
| david

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