gl8f@bessel.acc.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) (12/30/89)
In article <1962@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) writes: >In article <1989Dec22.052935.5136@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gl8f@bessel.acc.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) writes: >| Well, if I may summarize, this 'discussion' has had lots of subparts. >| >| 1. RMS is out to make it illegal to sell software, therefore we must >| oppose him at every turn or the world will end. > > See above. > > Now I don't believe in either the policy or the methods, nor am I a >personal friend of his. [...] I would, >however, suggest that you understand his position to avoid wasting >effort fighting strawmen. Excuse me? Point 1 was a hypothetical statement intended to summarize arguments made earlier, and the lines right below it in my posting indicated I thought it was a strawman argument also. Perhaps I should suggest you bother to read the posts you follow-up on before you waste net.bandwidth on obvious errors. Just goes to show that this 'discussion' has degenerated into more heat than light... once again. ------ Greg Lindahl