Re: Not "Satanism;" realism.

[stan johnson <sjohnson@gwi.net>]

** Reply to note from ericb@pobox.com Sat, 2 Jan 1999 00:25:29   
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 But this doesn't do anything to change the argument about the 
 power of IP in the hands of a small business, regardless of where 
 the IP came from.  
It's certainly unarguable that the exclusive ownership of any good for   
which there is or for which there can be created a desire, such that   
people are willing to pay money for the use of this good, is a generator   
of material wealth. Monopolists of all stripes have demonstrated this   
over and over, throughout history. M$ is clearly the current example   
without peer here. Not one I'd wish to emulate, but still, without peer.

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Stan Johnson    TeamOS/2
sjohnson@gwi.net