Thank you James Cameron for the fascinating link to info about the open sources
movement!

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-----Original Message-----
From:   James Cameron [SMTP:cameron@STL.DEC.COM]
Sent:   Thursday, November 05, 1998 2:45 PM
To:     PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject:        Re: C Compiler

Wolfgang Kynast wrote:
> BTW, why do you think somebody should give away a C compiler
> for free?

So I can fix it for them, improve it, and send back the changes.
So that society as a whole can benefit, and so that we can get on
with selling services rather than ephemeral and invisible products.

To understand the Open Source Systems methodology and motivations,
have a glance through ... http://www.opensource.org/

Anyone interested in a GPL (GNU Public License) PIC 12C509 programmer
for Linux now that I have one working?  Scratching an itch.

--
James Cameron                                      (cameron@stl.dec.com)

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