Re: who owns C

From: Mark McIntyre (markmcintyre_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 06/18/04


Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 23:50:00 +0100

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 23:39:02 GMT, in comp.lang.c , Keith Thompson
<kst-u@mib.org> wrote:

>Mark McIntyre <markmcintyre@spamcop.net> writes:
>> On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 23:38:38 -0400, in comp.lang.c , Allin Cottrell
>> <cottrell@wfu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> >I believe you're confused regarding the quotation levels. It was Dan
>> >who initially claimed the C standard was available at cost, and Keith
>> >Thompson who thought the $18 for the PDF must embody a profit margin.
>>
>> My apologies to Dan, and contumely is heaped instead on Keith !
>
>Where it is equally undeserved.

Its my day for apologising. Earlier on I tripped over a coat stand, and one
of the coat-hanger bits stabbed a co-worker in the face, piercing his
cheek.... yech!

>I don't know, or particularly care, whether the $18 includes a profit
>margin or not. My guess is that it does.

Makes sense to include one. Otherwise how to fund the next round of
committees?

-- 
Mark McIntyre
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