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Re:Richard Stallman on his experience in Cuba by corentin on Friday February 13, 2009 @04:52PM (#480499)
Like most of us, I discovered programming using proprietary software (namely MS-DOS and QBASIC), and if an intolerant idiot tried to prevent me from using those tools, he would have been hit by a (then) heavy keyboard.

(by the way, the case against using BASIC is certainly stronger than the case against using proprietary software.)

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Re:Richard Stallman on his experience in Cuba by kragen on Friday February 13, 2009 @10:25PM (#480800)
Yeah, I probably would have felt the same way. On the other hand, it's fortunate that five-year-olds don't generally decide major public policy issues; I can remember a lot of things I felt similarly passionate about at the time.
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