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As opposed to what?

As opposed to what?

Posted Oct 26, 2004 14:35 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: As opposed to what? by mmarq
Parent article: Why open source is unsustainable (Financial Times)

what can do software developers, any software developers to any system, so that they can get more 'retribution' from their work ?...
I have no point to make. I just had to repeat this lovely malapropism (well, it's a malapropism unless you write the embedded software in military weapons).

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to get some retribution. ;}


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As opposed to what?

Posted Oct 26, 2004 19:11 UTC (Tue) by mmarq (guest, #2332) [Link]

'I'm off to get some retribution. ;} '

By that, i can easly suppose that you are getting off to get some money for your work,..., or some praise words from a satisfied costumer ?

Where is the offending : 'grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used' ?

As opposed to what?

Posted Oct 29, 2004 0:59 UTC (Fri) by wookey (subscriber, #5501) [Link]

'retribution' and 'remuneration' are very different things.

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