Theft Attempt or LEO Sting?

[R. A. Hettinga]

At 7:30 PM -0500 on 6/15/02, measl at mfn.org wrote:


> With all due respect, if this were [yet] true, I submit it would be
> happening.

What, "if we lived here, we'd be home now"? :-).

Not necessarily. It just costs too much to do. Yet.

That's why I say "risk adjusted transaction cost" so much. :-).

Sooner or later, the accumulated code base, and falling semiconductor
prices will overcome the lawyer's threats, and the banker's fear, greed
will set in, and nature will take its course.

Be nice to make it happen faster, though, certainly.

Cheers,
RAH

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