On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 09:55:05 -0600, Jan Depner <eviltwin69@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 09:17, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > 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... > > 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. Cheers, Mark
