On Thursday 12 May 2005 13:28, Duane wrote: > > happen if the CAs can't make any money; > > either the CAs have to be removed or we > > have to find a way to make them some money, > > or they have to do it for free. Economics is > > not really negotiable at the physics level. > > My concern isn't that they want to make money, but stifle competition in > the process to consolidate things.
You know the story about the frog and the scorpion, right? The frog and the scorpion are stuck on a small island in a rising flood, looking at the bank. The scorpion says, "you know, you could swim to the other bank." The frog says, no, I can't see where to go when I'm swimming. So the scorpion says, "well, I'll ride on your back and tell you where to go." No, you'll sting me, says the frog. "Ah, no, I won't sting you because it is in my interest to get to the other side. I promise you I'll not sting you." Oh, ok, says the frog, so the scorpion climbs on the frog and off they go. As they are swimming along, the frog kicking and the scorpion directing, suddenly, the frog feels a burning sensation in his side, and realises that he's been stung. Not understanding why the scorpion would sting him when they were only half way across, as the paralysing freezes his body, he gasps out "Why??" As the frog sinks under the scorpion, with confusion in his eyes, the scorpion gargles out his last words too. "It's in my nature..." That's competition. Get used to it. For those interested in a more scholarly reference, I'd suggest Michael Porter's 5 forces. Very apropos. iang -- http://iang.org/ _______________________________________________ Mozilla-security mailing list [email protected] http://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mozilla-security
