Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 13:44:39 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net>, J McKitrick <j_mckitrick@bigfoot.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to BSD" Message-ID: <4.2.2.20000317134301.00b5ae20@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000317142138.00af7940@mail85.pair.com> References: <20000317201500.B20791@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <4.2.2.20000317124248.00b5bc10@localhost> <4.2.2.20000317090329.041ccde0@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.20.0003172221550.1530-100000@theory1.physics.ii sc.ernet.in> <4.2.2.20000317124248.00b5bc10@localhost>
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At 01:21 PM 3/17/2000 , G. Adam Stanislav wrote: >I wipe butts for a living. Literally! While my software is used all over >the world, I work for near-minimum wage as a nursing assistant, caring for >people with disabilities. My duties include cleaning them up whenever they >are incontinent. You're a saint. >For years, I was trying the shareware marketing approach, but no one felt >like paying for shareware, no doubt part because of the attitude pushed by >Stalin. I know it was not because my software was not successful. Indeed, I >was quite a celebrity on Fidonet about a decade ago. At that time I >experienced a total burn-out, and did not even program for several years. > >Hopefully, this is about to change. It appears with the growth of the >Internet it is again possible to make money by letting people download your >software and actually pay for it. True. The trick, as I see it, is to add value in a way that is difficult for someone like Stallman to undermine. I have some ideas for that.... Interested in becoming part of a new company? --Brett Microsoft is continually protecting its turf, even if that turf appears to the rest of us as belonging to a company other than Microsoft. -- Robert X. Cringely To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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