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Branko Collin wrote:
>
> On 10 Nov 2000 21:12:51 GMT, rpresser@NOSPAMimtek.com.invalid (Ross
> Presser) wrote:
> >I would also like to assert that the non-free stuff in ANY class *comes
> >first*.  No one would have written a free unix until the market was
> >well established for non-free unixes.  No one would have written a free
> >C compiler until C was in wide use by people who had paid for their
> >compilers.  No one would ever have DREAMED of writing Ghostscript until
> >Postscript had made millions for Adobe.  Et cetera.
>
> Of course, I have to find only one example to prove you wrong. I leave
> that to any posting-eager reader.

Does anyone else see the irony of advocating a "non-free leads the
marketplace" position on usenet?  I mean, the very medium on which
rpresser is trying to make his argument started out as a free service
with free software tools.

Sheesh.

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-Matt (mattneu@hotmail.com)
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