Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!husc6!psuvax1!vu-vlsi!hvrunix!wpohl From: wpohl@hvrunix.UUCP (Walter E. Pohl) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: C++ on Mac Summary: Why boycott Apple? Message-ID: <428@hvrunix.UUCP> Date: 22 Jun 88 00:13:56 GMT References: <8806202049.AA00862@sugar-bombs.ai.mit.edu> Organization: Haverford College, Haverford, PA Lines: 11 In article <8806202049.AA00862@sugar-bombs.ai.mit.edu>, rms@WHEATIES.AI.MIT.EDU (Richard Stallman) writes: > [... that he thinks that we] should boycott Apple and encourage others > to do likewise. > > Apple is attacking our freedom to write free software (as well as > other things). If they succeed, we will lose many useful pieces of > software that will be illegal to write. It is worth while to forego a > few temporary benefits to prevent this. Forgive my ignorance, but what are you referring to? This isn't a flame or anything, but I'm not sure what you mean.