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From: mrs@netcom.COM (Morgan Schweers)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help,comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Please don't recommend proprietary software on this list.
Message-ID: <1991Apr14.124438.3244@netcom.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 91 12:44:38 GMT
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Some time ago rms@GNU.AI.MIT.EDU (Richard Stallman) happily mumbled: 
>The purpose of the GNU project is to promote the freedom to share
>software.
>
>Advertising a proprietary program and recommending people buy it does
>not help--in fact, it tends to hurt.  So please don't promote
>proprietary programs on GNU mailing lists.
>
>If people refrain from asking for information about proprietary
>programs, that will avoid leading other people into unthinkingly
>posting any.

Greetings,
    Ummm...  Last time I checked, there were a lot of environments
not supported by GNU products.  There are some, in fact, that are
unlikely ever to be supported by GNU products.  Would it make sense
then to request that people limit recommending proprietary products
to only those environments not supported?

    Generally, the GNU software is excellent and great to use, BUT
if it's not available, then I'd like something that works as near
to it as possible.  This often means resorting to proprietary
products.  Can you tell me why this is so bad?

                                                --  Morgan Schweers
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