8 Mar
2009
8 Mar
'09
11:53 a.m.
--- On Sun, 3/8/09, blstuart at bellsouth.net <blstuart at bellsouth.net>
wrote:After all, it did immeasurable damage to western civilization
to have unfettered access to the intellectual property of
Shakespeare, Newton, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Babbage.
We ceratinly wouldn't want to make the same mistake with
Mickey Mouse and Excel.
(Said dripping with bitter sarcasm...)
BLS
?But all that *code* is? immeasurably old. Which is ok in my book (in many instances 20+
year old code is also ok in my book). But you're not suggesting recently developed
code should fall into the same category? Thou shalt not muzzle the oxe when it's
treading out the alfalfa sprouts. Or something close.