On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 12:03:40 +0100, Esben Stien <executiv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Frank Barknecht <fbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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...