On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 19:12, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 01:31:01 -0500, Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 12:03 +0100, Esben Stien 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. > > > > > > > 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
