once perl5 and tkperl become a commodity, look for database vendors to start howling at billions of dollars in <potentially> lost revenues! Surely they, with their lawyers, will make many visits to Congress to see what can be done to stop this evil 'empowerment' of the masses with free software! ******************************************************************* * Creative Friendly Technologies 813 980 1317 * * James Horton, CFTnet Operations fax 813 985 1992 * * http://www.cftnet.com/access.html horton@cftnet.com * * Florida's Original Internet Access Provider: Flat Rates for PPP * ******************************************************************* * FAITH is a reflection of character qualities, like seeing with * * your eyes closed, listening when there are no sounds, being * * touched by someone who is not present.......................... * * ..... that culminate into a passionate respect for the ALMIGHTY * ******************************************************************* On Tue, 27 Jun 1995, Russell Nelson wrote: > Did anyone see that comparison some lawyer made (as I recall it was on > com-priv@psi.com) between free software (specifically Netscape) and > ``dumping'', which is the supposedly evil practice of selling products > below the cost of production, in the hopes of driving your competition > out of business? > > While I think that dumping is a stupid thing to legislate against > (tell me again why this hurts society for someone to sell something at > a price ruinous to them??), fact of the matter is that there *are* > laws against it. Has anyone been threatened with this? > > -- > -russ <nelson@crynwr.com> http://www.crynwr.com/~nelson > Crynwr Software | Crynwr Software sells packet driver support | ask4 PGP key > 11 Grant St. | +1 315 268 1925 (9201 FAX) | What is thee doing about it? > Potsdam, NY 13676 | I am a Christian. The Bible contains errors. Deal... >