Speaking of cubes

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Fri Oct 13 00:18:42 2000

Francois wrote:
> I just received my cobalt cube today whoo hoo.
> Its is not 10 years old yet but has just been made obsolete by SUN who
> bought Cobalt a couple of weeks ago.
>
Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com> wrote:
> Wait a sec. Something you said made me stop and think for a minute.
> YOU, an individual, own a thing. An action by a completely separate
> group of individuals far far away have magically made the thing you
> own *obsolete*?
>
> How is it that we, as a society, can have this happen?

How is it that anyone can *prevent* this from happening?
Received on Fri Oct 13 2000 - 00:18:42 BST