Re: Just a thought...

["Lewis A. Mettler" <lmettler@lamlaw.com>]

Eric,

I see we finally agree on one point.

Since I have no monopoly I can not force you to send your $100.

So.  The only test is whether you believe in retaining your right to
pick and choose your applications as everyone else or you believe that
you too should give up that right.

I think you have proven you insist upon keeping your rights.

That was my point in bringing up the $100 deal.

Thanks.

Lewis

"Eric M. Bennett" wrote:
> 
> Simon Cooke wrote:
> 
> >Simply because I want to find out what Lewis would actually give
> >someone for $100 (and he's been very careful to protect himself -
> >all he says is that it's software, so we can't get him for unfair
> >trading practices or description), I'm willing to put $10 of my own
> >money towards finding this out.
> >
> >Anyone want to join me? I'd rather not be the one to take the checks
> >though. All I want to know at the end of it is this...
> >
> >.. WHAT THE HELL'S IN THE BOX!
> >
> >Lewis Mettler - he may be infuriating to the extreme, but he knows
> >better than anyone else I know how to keep you in suspense.
> 
> Even Microsoft will tell you what is in its boxes without requiring
> you to raise the money to buy the product.
> 
> I already tried to get this info out of Lewis once.  You can see his
> reply here:
> http://lists.essential.org/1999/am-info/msg06990.html
> 
> I made the point that if his bundle does not contain a monopoly
> product, he has no leverage over me, so I do not have to pay his
> $100, and his "bundle" does not harm me.  In his reply, he falls back
> on the assumption that the bundle must involve a monopoly product,
> despite his claim that *all* bundles harm *all* consumers.  Yet he
> won't identify the monopoly product in his own hypothetical $100
> bundle.
> 
> In other words, he answered a different challenge than the one I
> made.  Which, apparently, is just par for the course.  As far as I am
> aware (N.B. I am now ignoring his messages here) he has not yet
> explained how his bundle is harming me if it does not contain a
> monopoly product.
> 
> --
> Eric Bennett / ericb@pobox.com / emb22@cornell.edu  www.pobox.com/~ericb/
> Cornell University, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
> 
> I have no idea what you're talking about when you say "ask".
> - Bill Gates, in his deposition for the U.S. vs. Microsoft lawsuit

-- 
Lewis A. Mettler, Esq.(Attorney and Software Developer)
lmettler@LAMLaw.com
http://www.lamlaw.com/ (detailed review of the Microsoft antitrust
trial)