From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.teledanmark.no!uninett.no!uio.no!nntp.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!not-for-mail From: Erik Naggum Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Ignorance regarding money issues(Was: Why I can't use Lisp.) Date: 22 Aug 2002 17:23:57 +0000 Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 15 Message-ID: <3239025837571219@naggum.no> References: <3D635276.2030505@pontos.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: maud.ifi.uio.no 1030037038 12779 129.240.64.16 (22 Aug 2002 17:23:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ifi.uio.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 Aug 2002 17:23:58 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:38521 * Barry Margolin | Maybe he blew all of his budget on the computer and OS, so that's why he | need cheap software to run on it. People actually think this will work with computers, but they somehow realize that if they buy the latest, greatest model of a car, they might not have money left for gas. There is no organized public movement for free gas or free electricity for the computers. There ought to be, if the new economy had any meaning at all. -- Erik Naggum, Oslo, Norway Act from reason, and failure makes you rethink and study harder. Act from faith, and failure makes you blame someone and push harder.