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Subject: Re: Open Source Ideas Into Commercial Programs?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 13:35:44 08/24/05

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On August 24, 2005 at 16:15:52, Omid David Tabibi wrote:

>On August 24, 2005 at 16:05:10, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>
>>On August 24, 2005 at 15:23:38, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On August 24, 2005 at 14:04:00, Tord Romstad wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 24, 2005 at 13:50:07, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>It's been a 1-way street.
>>>>
>>>>It is not quite as 1-way as it seems when you are only reading the CCC
>>>>and the Winboard forum.  In private communication, at least some of the
>>>>top programmers are willing to reveal a few small secrets.
>>>
>>>It would be hard for me to read private emails unless I worked for the FBI or
>>>something.  :)
>>
>>I think you mean NSA :)
>
>Amazing how easy it is to find things using Google satellite maps:
>
>http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.109284,-76.769843&spn=0.007181,0.014616&t=k&hl=en
>
>It took me only a few minutes to locate where you should visit to read private
>emails :)
>

With today's satellite technology, if you or your girlfriend/wife has a
recognizable tattoo on your butt, you better keep all your romantic interludes
_indoors_.  :)


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>>>>>And as I said many times over the past few years, if
>>>>>enough amateur authors get together to share ideas, before long the commercial
>>>>>programs will be no better than the best amateurs, and it won't be long after
>>>>>that until they are actually worse.  We might be beginning to see this happen
>>>>>today.
>>>>
>>>>I would say it has been happening for years already.  That's why the gap
>>>>between the amateurs and the commercials keeps shrinking.
>>>>
>>>>Tord



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