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From: darrylo@HPNMXX.HP.COM
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Subject: Re: Compress
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Date: 21 Mar 91 23:35:41 GMT
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> Why does everybody have to wait for RMS to do something with free
> software?  Why can't people take more initiative...enough that they
> don't depend only on one person.
> 
> 	This brings up a another "hot" topic: the "timelyness" of FSF
>    software.  I'm worried that the world will pass by the FSF.
> 
> I'm worried about a related problem: the "timeliness" of people's
> recognition of how they are allocating their resources.  I'm worried
> that too many people will miss too many opportunities just waiting for
> others to do their work for them.

     Well, I'm more than willing the help the FSF, but I'm only
qualified to work on GNU Emacs, a project which the FSF says needs no
more volunteers.  I'm one of the main enhancers of GNU Emacs within HP.

     -- Darryl Okahata
	UUCP: {hplabs!, hpcea!, hpfcla!} hpnmd!darrylo
	Internet: darrylo%hpnmd@relay.hp.com

DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not
constitute the support, opinion or policy of Hewlett-Packard or of the
little green men that have been following him all day.