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From: meo@stiatl.UUCP (Miles O'Neal)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Copyleftism vs Capitalism
Message-ID: <8296@stiatl.UUCP>
Date: 20 Dec 89 19:55:29 GMT
Organization: Roadkills-R-Us
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I wrote:
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|Find me enough user groups to keep even all the *good* software engineers,
|programmers, etc, out there busy and paid at the rate they want (or are you
|in the seat to decide what they *ought* to get paid?), or think they're
|worth. Go ahead. Send me the list.

Russ Nelson responded:

|Aha!  I see you're getting close to the truth.  Most of what passes for
|programming today is wheel-reinventing.

Aha! I already figured taht one out a long time ago!

But (a) what is most? 50%? 90% I don't know. I *do* know I don't work
at that type of thing. If it isn't creative, and doesn't meet some
real need, I'll leave it to the COBOL folks at the bank... 8^)

-Miles