RE: GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd)
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Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 21:52:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> Subject: RE: GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd)
The Mafia. The handful of world-class coke dealers. Your local church.
Umm... both of those are around because the governemtn made the cost of delivering both alcohol and drugs prohibitively high,
That's inaccurate. The Mafia pre-dated the US by several hundred years if not more (depends on how one wants to choose the bloodline). Most definitely they predated the bans on alcohol. As to the coke market, In S. America it has been around for quite a while as well. The chemical has been used medicinaly for hundreds of years until just recently. ____________________________________________________________________ The seeker is a finder. Ancient Persian Proverb The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------
The Mafia. The handful of world-class coke dealers. Your local church.
Umm... both of those are around because the governemtn made the cost of delivering both alcohol and drugs prohibitively high,
That's inaccurate. The Mafia pre-dated the US by several hundred years if not more (depends on how one wants to choose the bloodline). Most definitely they predated the bans on alcohol.
Oh, that's right. I was thiking Mob. I don't know enough Mafia history to make an agument either way there, honestly.
As to the coke market, In S. America it has been around for quite a while as well. The chemical has been used medicinaly for hundreds of years until just recently.
Those were monopolistic markets? If not, you're forgetting the whole basis of the discussion. Ryan Anderson PGP fp: 7E 8E C6 54 96 AC D9 57 E4 F8 AE 9C 10 7E 78 C9
Could you guys _please_ change the subject lines to match what you are talking about, when the thread strays from the original subject lines topic. It slows one down to have to scan further than subject fields. Why are you using subject fields about `GPL software' to discuss monopolies / minarchy etc., interesting tho' these discussions may be, please lable the subject line accordingly! Thanks, Adam Jim and others:
That's inaccurate. The Mafia pre-dated the US by several hundred years if not more (depends on how one wants to choose the bloodline). Most definitely they predated the bans on alcohol.
As to the coke market, In S. America it has been around for quite a while as well. The chemical has been used medicinaly for hundreds of years until just recently.
At 9:59 PM -0500 10/7/98, Jim Choate wrote:
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Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 21:52:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> Subject: RE: GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd)
The Mafia. The handful of world-class coke dealers. Your local church.
Umm... both of those are around because the governemtn made the cost of delivering both alcohol and drugs prohibitively high,
That's inaccurate. The Mafia pre-dated the US by several hundred years if
So what? There was probably a government wherever the started, and they probably started out providing services that their local government prohibited.
not more (depends on how one wants to choose the bloodline). Most definitely they predated the bans on alcohol.
As to the coke market, In S. America it has been around for quite a while as well. The chemical has been used medicinaly for hundreds of years until just recently.
Which says nothing about whether it was/is a government sponsored/ protected monopoly. -- "To sum up: The entire structure of antitrust statutes in this country is a jumble of economic irrationality and ignorance. It is a product: (a) of a gross misinterpretation of history, and (b) of rather naïve, and certainly unrealistic, economic theories." Alan Greenspan, "Anti-trust" http://www.ecosystems.net/mgering/antitrust.html Petro::E-Commerce Adminstrator::Playboy Ent. Inc.::petro@playboy.com::petro@bounty.org
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