v/r Ken Carrigan
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From: hexslngr@internet-frontier.net <hexslngr@internet-frontier.net>
To: KeelyNet-L@lists.kz <KeelyNet-L@lists.kz>
Date: Saturday, January 24, 1998 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: Economics of FE
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>On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, Bruce A. Perreault wrote:
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>> * However, this research is my blood and my soul, I am not like ordinary
>> folks and can not make money in conventional ways. My thoughts are at
>> least 100 years into the future. I am basically a shut in from society
>> because I can not relate to the general madness.
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>> * Why should my life's research be giving away for FREE?
>> Should I be allowed to sell my services like the rest of
>> the world does?
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>Your main concern should be getting the technology to the public in the
>first place! Furthermore, of course you have the right to earn profit --
>but when it comes down to it, it's a much better bet to simply release
>your technology freely and make money through alternative means as I've
>described earlier -- or use said technology to draw investors into forming
>a company, utilizing said technology on the MANUFACTURING side (where
>nobody will notice - so you can get away with just about ANYTHING). Then
>you can make all the money you want.
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>It's not that I don't think anyone should make money -- I'm just putting
>my beliefs first, rather than profits first.
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