On Sunday 12 December 2004 04:44 pm, Marek Peteraj wrote:
On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 21:07, tim hall wrote:
> Last Sunday 12 December 2004 18:57, Mark Knecht was like:
> > On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 09:55:05 -0600, Jan Depner
> > <eviltwin69(a)cableone.net>
> > > On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 09:17, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 12:03:40 +0100, Esben Stien
> > > > <executiv(a)online.no>
> > > > > Frank Barknecht <fbar(a)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.
I believe in personal choice.
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