On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 12:57, Mark Knecht wrote:
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 09:55:05 -0600, Jan Depner
<eviltwin69(a)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(a)online.no> wrote:
>Frank Barknecht <fbar(a)footils.org> writes:
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>>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.
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>A society where you put money higher than cooperating with other
>people is not a good society, in my opinion.
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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.
Personally, I prefer the Ritz Brothers.
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.
Wait... what about Santa Claus?