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On Sunday 12 December 2004 04:44 pm, Marek Peteraj wrote:

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> On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 21:07, tim hall wrote:

> > Last Sunday 12 December 2004 18:57, Mark Knecht was like:

> > > On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 09:55:05 -0600, Jan Depner

> > >

> > > > On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 09:17, Mark Knecht wrote:

> > > > > On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 12:03:40 +0100, Esben Stien

> > > > >

> > > > > > Frank Barknecht  writes:

> > > > > > > So basically they want to protect their investment in getting

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> > > > > > > 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.

I believe in personal choice.

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