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LocalH 67 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Books (or similar) all book scans – $200k b...

He was also famously staunchly against proprietary software in any way, so therefore he wouldn't have been spending money on software unless there was no other option that came close to meeting his needs.

degamad 67 days ago [–]

He was not opposed to paying for the software. He was opposed to being limited in what he could do with it after it was paid for.

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