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Toaster, you do sound bitter. I suggest you look at "www.blinkenlights.com/classiccmp/gateswhine.html"
It is apparently posted as an example of Bill Gates whining about not being paid by many people in the Home built computer community back in 1976. It is that and more. It points out the inherent split between those who see computers as wonderful technological devices to be admired and shared, and those who see them as tools for making a buck. Bill Gates and the buck making boys won. Are we to be surprised. I think not. Our country is founded on the idea that greed is good and everything legal should be done to maximize profit. Backstabbing, lack of standards, and incompatibility are not illegal, and some people can fashion game strategies in which all three traits are perceived as advantageous to the ultimate goal of making profits. Of course, I happen to believe that fair play, standards and eliminating incompatibly make for a better bottom line. I think you would agree with my belief. But I am not the richest person on earth, nor am I aspiring to corner the information market, so I might be wrong.
What ultimately you will find is that the *nix world is not free of those for whom backstabbing, a lack of standards and promoting incompatibilities are perceived as a way to enhance profit. It will be even less true as the *nix world leaves the intellectual and educational world for the market place.
We are getting far afield from the subject of what we want to see in a computer. I personally vote for better documentation.
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