14 Dec
2004
14 Dec
'04
2:36 p.m.
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 19:12, Mark Knecht wrote:
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 01:31:01 -0500, Lee Revell
<rlrevell(a)joe-job.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 12:03 +0100, Esben Stien wrote:
> > 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.
> >
>
> Christ, what the fuck country do you live in? Don't you understand the
> concept of people having bills to pay? Or do you just assume the RME
> guys are independenly wealthy and just design sound cards for fun?
>
> Sheesh.
Damn, was I really able to stir up such a hornet's
nest with just 4 words? ;-)
Of course. It's a touchy subject. I've read plenty of versions of this
debate, on several different forums. It never ceases to amaze me how
intelligent, literate and otherwise well-meaning people manage to so
completely mis-read and misunderstand the statements of other
intelligent, literate and otherwise well-meaning people. And if
intelligent, literate and otherwise well-meaning people can't get it
right, how the hell do we expect our Democratically Elected Leaders, let
alone our Captains Of Industry, to get it right?
bye
John