Tony Nixon wrote:
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>My own thoughts about a universal programmer is that it is probably not
>achievable by any one person like myself. From my limited experience, I
>have already found that it takes an awful lot of time being involved in
>creating anything even remotely close to that goal. It's not just a
>matter of creating the thing, it's also having the drive and the time to
>maintain it. I guess it also means being perceived as being able to do
>that long term for it to be successful.
..............
>

Fantastic - the voice of wisdom and experience. Tony, we thank you
- for MANY things.

Personally, I think the open-source movement is a great idea, and
has a place in the overall scheme of things.

What I do not think is so great is some people on piclist trying
to recruit others to do things, like giving away source code and
spending tons of time working for free, when they are not willing
to do so themselves.

And what I think is absolutely miserable is some people on piclist
threatening others that, if they do not make their source code
freely available, then piclist will hack it anyways.

For those who forget or missed it, this happened several weeks
ago on another thread regarding open-source. This type of
crapola has to stop.

cheers,
- dan michaels
www.oricomtech.com
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