From: Kai Becker (kmb@kai-m-becker.de)
Date: Sun Dec 16 2001 - 01:33:04 MST
Am Sonntag, 16. Dezember 2001 05:32 schrieb Samantha Atkins:
> > IMO, removing the cause for the "the big bad boys will always steal us
> > everything we build" meme will be an important part of that game.
>
> Who will steal when there is such abundance within reach of all?
Those who are never satisfied with what they have, even if it's more than
they can ever consume. Unfortunately this is the basic principle of
capitalistic business: Make more money for the shareholders. I wonder if
"always go for win-win" will work as a premise in world-wide business.
But yes, I agree, availability to all is a key feature. I think this will
make patent lawyers very unhappy.
Kai
-- == Kai M. Becker == kmb@kai-m-becker.de == Bremen, Germany == "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced"
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Sat Nov 02 2002 - 08:12:35 MST