The Future End of Classic Computing

From: James B. DiGriz <jbdigriz_at_dragonsweb.org>
Date: Fri Mar 29 14:30:14 2002

Feldman, Robert wrote:
> Well, they could send in the police to confiscate all of your computer
> equipment and software, and then not give it back until after the court has
> thrown out the case, which could be a year or more. Try writing much real
> software without a computer.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Owen Robertson [mailto:univac2_at_earthlink.net]
> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 1:57 PM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: The Future End of Classic Computing
>
> <snip>
>
> I'm not very 'up' on intellectual property laws, but how can they *force*
> programmers, both corporate employees and individuals, to do this?
>
> --
> Owen Robertson
>
>

They might not be able to find enough cops willing to face the certainty
of getting shot or something, though.

jbdigriz
Received on Fri Mar 29 2002 - 14:30:14 GMT