From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!colt.net!newsfeed.esat.net!nslave.kpnqwest.net!nloc2.kpnqwest.net!nloc.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader3.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Kent, why do you use free software References: <3C9A12FC.8EC6D8CA@smi.de> <87u1r3hzkh.fsf_-_@becket.becket.net> <87pu1rhypm.fsf@becket.becket.net> <3226184746308651@naggum.net> <87zo0ubupg.fsf@becket.becket.net> <877knyblrk.fsf@becket.becket.net> <63637457.0203270542.1628e4a3@posting.google.com> <87ofh6ug8d.fsf@kursk.kassube.de> <3226535078056817@naggum.net> <87it7d2r6b.fsf@becket.becket.net> <86lmc9nnhk.fsf@kirk.localdomain> <87ofh42akl.fsf@becket.becket.net> <86pu1jezuw.fsf@kirk.localdomain> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3226713031315156@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 12 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 05:10:15 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader3.kpnqwest.net 1017724215 193.71.199.50 (Tue, 02 Apr 2002 07:10:15 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 07:10:15 MET DST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:30803 * Eric Moss | Actually, I got it, as the paragraph you copied shows. My point in that | paragraph was that Erik's story seemed irrelevant in that it compared | your concept (volunteers giving on individual bases) to a gov't. program | he despised. There was no mention of any government programs anywhere. Sheesh. /// -- In a fight against something, the fight has value, victory has none. In a fight for something, the fight is a loss, victory merely relief.