• To: simonstl@s... (Simon St.Laurent)
• Subject: Re: Universal Applications, Universal Data
• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:39:45 -0500 (EST)
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <r01050400-1022-3A280ADCFCB511D696190003937A08C2@[192.168.124.21]> from "Simon St.Laurent" at Nov 20, 2002 01:23:54 PM

Simon St.Laurent scripsit:

> I'm not sure that any of the criticisms there affect what Mike wrote
> about second-order benefits rather than short-term profits,

Didn't mean it to.

> though they
> certainly reflect Eric Raymond's hackers-as-humble-übermenchen
> perspective quite well.

Yup.  Consider, in what branch of academia other than computer science
do we hear of professors offering *payment* for bona fide errors in their
books?  Mostly they very much don't want to hear about 'em.

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