On Mon, 11 Jun 2018 21:03:59 +0100, MRAB wrote: > On 2018-06-11 20:17, Rick Johnson 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. >> > I'm going to have to disagree with you there. The engine is also > hardware. The software is more like the fuel. > >> And yes, there are aftermarket engines sold by third parties and people >> buy them all the time to replace OEM engines. >> > It doesn't matter how good the engine is (or how much you've upgraded > the processor), because without the fuel (or software) it's just a large > paperweight (or room heater). :-)
its a bloody lousy room heater without the fuel to burn & generate heat -- I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list