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The utopia he desired circa ... 1988 or so was one where all programmers were paid to do their thing by the government, and all software was his type of free.
by hga 12y ago
The utopia he desired circa ... 1988 or so was one where all programmers were paid to do their thing by the government, and all software was his type of free.
- dgreensp 12y agoGreat, we programmers can quit our jobs and compete for a small number of government grants like the academics! :)
- hga 12y agoWell, it was implied that everyone would be eligible for these grants, but, yeah, in reality, only a few would be allowed to program, and one reason RMS probably didn't think about it is that he's a good enough programmer that he'd qualify. Except, of course, the process would be very political, and he doesn't play that game at all well.