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From: fiddler%concertina@Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
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Subject: Re: Shareware - does it really work?
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Date: 19 Oct 89 23:32:11 GMT
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In article <3385@ur-cc.UUCP>, lm03_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Larry Moss) writes:
> 
> Now back to what I said before about FSF protesting Apple computer, I was
> wondering what people around here think about that.  I've been following
> gnu.misc.discuss recently and even people that have been supporting FSF
> are starting to complain.  In short, Stallman is smashing Macs as a
> protest against Apple's claim to the "look and feel" of the Mac. Is this
> along the lines of book burning?

Stallman is a fanatic.  While the GNU project is in many ways a worthy effort,
Stallman & Co. have taken their position far beyond reason.  I don't see any
differnce between what he's doing and burning books.  Or throwing tantrums.

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reorganizing: and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion 
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