On (20 Mar 95) Rod Speed wrote to Bob Lawrence...



 BL> Think about it. How can there be "intellectual property". It's an

 RS> oxymoron.



 RS> Is that right ?  Maybe you had better explain that to the copyright

 RS> people Bob.



 BL> They are trying to introduce a new principle where they sell

 BL> you a computer but keep control.



 RS> Nope, just poor old Bob coming completely off his trolley and going

 RS> into loony mode |-)



 RS> Presumably not even believing a word of the silly stuff anyway.



 BL> It's like buying a car where you're not allowed to make any

 BL> basic changes... just accessorise it. I means you will never

 BL> be any more than a fiddler.



 RS> Poor Bob, cant even get effective coat trailing examples now |-)



 BL> Keating is an incompetent, and I can't think of anything worse

 BL> to say about anyone. He simply does not see that he is selling

 BL> our future down the tubes to Gates and the USA. We are one of the

 BL> few countries on earth with the creativity to do original work.



 RS> 1/10 for coat trailing Bob, try harder boy, far too transparent.



dont worry about rod bob, he's just trying to protect his major

intellectual property - the recursive insulting macro. (:



                        Keith



... A dead dog doesn't bark.



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