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From: nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  rms says...
Message-ID: <1991Feb7.002319.6613@alphalpha.com>
Date: 7 Feb 91 00:23:19 GMT
References: <9102061051.AA05898@lightning.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
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In article <9102061051.AA05898@lightning.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU writes:
>Besides, there *is* a solution.  You don't have to support the source.

Unfortunately, anytime you release source, there's always some idiot
who ignores the disclaimers, does something screwy, asks for support,
doesn't get it, and then screams about it on the net, thus making the
company look bad.  I'm not sure the problem is really that bad, but
I've never been able (either from the inside or outside) been able to
persuade a company to release unsupported _binaries_, let alone source.

							-kee
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I'm not sure which upsets me more; that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.