Roedy Green wrote: > On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 02:28:46 +0200, "Peter T. Breuer" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who > said :
>> I'm a bit curious about this. If I were a business person, I would >> simply have created two busineses (two accounts, etc.). One business >> sells only machines with MS on and pays the MS tax on all its >> machines. One business sells only machines without MS on and pays >> the MS tax on none of its machines. >> >> What's up with that? > Try the same thing to deal with a Mafia extortion racket. This is precisely my point. Your premise is that a gun is no different from a persuasive argument. You need this principle to justify responding to arguments you don't like with guns. I reject this premise at its roots. > We are not talking about legal agreements. We are talking junior Mafia > style enforcement. Can you cite any evidence of Microsoft actually using or threatening force? DS -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list