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Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 12:35:49 -0700 From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com> Subject: RE: GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd)

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Malarky. Reputation is irrelevant, just examine the prisoners delima.

Yet strange to report, the banks have no problem with granting me many tens of thousands of dollars of unsecured credit.

Which is exactly my point, default on a single one of those and watch what happens.

Perhaps your reputation is irrelevant. Mine, however, is obviously= relevant.

Only to you. What is important is the *fact* that you continue paying the bills. Default and all the *desire* in the world won't bring back those loans.

The continued solvency of Informix, rental car agencies, and so on and so forth looks indicates it is possible to readily distinguish between those who will defect in a game of prisoners dilemma, and those who will= cooperate.

That's so funny. Please produce the amount Informix lost by employee theft last year for example. If it's zero then you may have a point. I'll bet you it wasn't and isn't. ____________________________________________________________________ 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 --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------