Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 15:09:19 -0600 From: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to BSD" Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000317150919.00a56450@mail85.pair.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000317134013.00b602f0@localhost> 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 13:41 17-03-2000 -0700, Brett Glass wrote:
>>How does he suggest that people who love programming make a living?
>>Waiting tables on the weekends? :(
>
>Working for slave wages in academia. Or doing tech support or maintenance
>programming. See "The GNU Manfesto," where Stallman advocates that
>high salaries for programmers be "banned."
Which is why I suggested he lives in ivory tower, though "Ivy tower" might
have been more appropriate.
As I mentioned in a private email to someone, the main problem with his
idea of tech support and maintenance is that software written to be easy to
use and with (almost) no bugs requires minimum maintenance or tech support.
So, Stalin is actually advocating that we write sloppy software. In that
way, he should consider Microsoft his best disciple. :)
Cheers,
Adam
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