[linux-audio-user] Re: [linux-audio-dev] RME is no more

[tim hall]

Last Sunday 12 December 2004 18:57, Mark Knecht was like:
> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 09:55:05 -0600, Jan Depner <eviltwin69 at cableone.net> 
wrote:
> > On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 09:17, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > > On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 12:03:40 +0100, Esben Stien <executiv at online.no> 
wrote:
> > > > Frank Barknecht <fbar at footils.org> writes:
> > > > > So basically they want to protect their investment in getting
> > > > > knowledge of how to implement a powerful firewire interface from
> > > > > the eyes of other hardware manufacturers.
> > > >
> > > > A society where you put money higher than cooperating with other
> > > > people is not a good society, in my opinion.
> > >
> > > Socialism - it ain't pretty...
> >
> > Really.  I was going to point out that that is exactly what Karl Marx
> > (or was that Groucho) said.  You can see how well that worked out.
> >
> > Jan
>
> Groucho was a genius. Not so sure about Karl.
>
> Of course, I should have added that he has a right to his opinion, but
> so do I. I believe in patents, intellectual property, and the right of
> a corporation to deceptively market products to me in an attempt to
> get my money. I do not believe companies owe me anything, whether I've
> given them money or not, and Santa Claus.

LOL!
If they've successfully conned you thus far, why stop at Santa Claws?

Putting cooperation above money is a noble ideal, I actually fail to 
understand why anyone would disagree with it. That's not to say we should be 
naive about market forces, but there's no need to wheel out tired old truisms 
in their defence. I do uphold your right to be horribly misled, however. ;-)

cheers

tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk