* Homer peremptorily fired off this memo:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Phil Da Lick! spake thusly:
>> amicus_curious wrote:
>
>>> Well the obvious lesson you can learn here is to not be a little
>>> guy, eh?
>
> What a bloody stupid statement. *Every* company /starts/ out small. The
> creation of "IP" protection rackets only serves to inhibit entry to what
> is supposed to be a free market by creating impenetrable barriers.
>
> It's all very well gloating about protectionist thugs like Microsoft
> being the "big boys", but the fact is that if the "IP" landscape in the
> 70's had looked like it does today, then Microsoft would never have even
> existed. Essentially you are hypocritically and unethically endorsing
> the concept of racketeers profiting from (what should be) a crime that
> would have destroyed those same racketeers when they were starting out.
>
> You might just as well justify punching a baby in the face by claiming
> that "it's his own fault for being so small and helpless".
>
> You really are one of the most vile and evil bastards on Usenet.
And scumicus is awful smug about it, too.
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We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.
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