Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!ames!elroy!usc!orion.cf.uci.edu!uci-ics!schmidt From: schmidt@ics.uci.edu (Doug Schmidt) Newsgroups: gnu.gcc Subject: The Sententious Parvenu Speaks Message-ID: <16318@paris.ics.uci.edu> Date: 1 Jun 89 05:10:31 GMT References: <2129@internal.Apple.COM> <1107@mailrus.cc.umich.edu> <6862@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> Sender: news@paris.ics.uci.edu Reply-To: Doug Schmidt Organization: University of California at Irvine: ICS Dept. Lines: 20 In article <6862@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) writes: [Lots of sour grapes about GNU] If you don't like what GNU software offers then by all means, please don't use it. No one forces you to use it, and no one really cares if you do or don't like it. However, please also refrain from wasting your time, and the time of people who are dedicated to making GNU work, by whining and trying to sound important. No one is impressed. Sorry. Remember, ``Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a carpenter to build it.'' Douglas C. Schmidt -- On a clear day, under blue skies, there is no need to seek. And asking about Buddha +------------------------+ Is like proclaiming innocence, | schmidt@ics.uci.edu | With loot in your pocket. | office: (714) 856-4043 |