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From: kempf@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM (Jim Kempf)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.unix.wizards,comp.os.misc
Subject: Free Software Foundation (was: Re: Mach, the new standard?)
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Date: Thu, 27-Aug-87 11:16:22 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 27 11:16:22 1987
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In article <83@splut.UUCP>, jay@splut.UUCP (Jay Maynard) writes:
> 
> I'll support the Free Software Foundation when they give up their processor
> bigotry and decide to support the machine architecture that I use (PC/AT).
> Until then, why should I waste my money?
> 
I don't think it's a matter of bigotry. FSF has exactly three employees-
Stallman, one full time programmer and a secretary. They are looking to
hire a part time programmer this fall. With that kind of staff, it's
astounding that Stallman gets as much done as he does, and that it is
of any quality at all. Additionally, Stallman prefers using machines
with larger address spaces because they're easier to program. This
is understandable, since it allows him to concentrate his time on
things other than trying to reduce the size of things to fit in 640K.

I, too, would like to see FSF's software on the PC/AT and PC/XT, but
I think its unreasonable to expect FSF to do it. 

		Jim Kempf	kempf@hplabs.hp.com

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