On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 5:17 AM, Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday, June 11, 2018 at 1:02:15 PM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> You're trying to argue against my hypothetical statements >> about game publishing, and declaring that it's possible to >> use software to encourage hardware sales. But my point was >> that, absent copyright and the ability to make money from >> software, software probably *would not exist*. Tell me, do >> you go to a car manufacturer and buy the ability to use a >> third-party dashboard? If the dashboard itself is >> fundamentally unsaleable, and MUST be given away for free, >> who other than the original manufacturer will produce one? > > A dashboard is a horrible analogy. > > Software and hardware are connected at the _hip_. > > A more correct analogy to describe the relationship between > computer hardware and computer software would be a car and > an engine. A car is basically useless without an engine, > and likewise for an engine without a car. > > And yes, there are aftermarket engines sold by third parties > and people buy them all the time to replace OEM engines.
In other words: "Your analogy is terrible. Here's a better analogy - one that doesn't work." I think I'll stick to mine, thanks. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list