Re: FSF : lackeys of their corporate masters

[Snuffelluffogus]

Rui Miguel Seabra <rms@1407.org> wrote in message 
news:<mailman.3729.1083861389.1061.gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org>...
> On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 08:24 -0700, Snuffelluffogus wrote:
> > > It is unethical for me to help a little old lady across a busy road
> > > without demanding she pay for the service?
> > 
> > Helping little old ladies across the street is not a PROFESSION
> > that requires YEARS of EXPENSIVE TRAINING, you idiot.
> 
> You don't specifically train to be a programmer or a system
> administrator. You learn the basics, and experience improves.

I have seen much code written by self-taught programmers.
It most sucks.

Writing computer code should be left to engineers.
The only reason it isn't is that programs change too often
in many cases to justify a proper engineering approach.