See my other note about the difference between "possibilities" and 
"probabilities" ..

At 5:33 PM +0100 3/14/03, Cees de Groot wrote:
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>On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 17:18, Alan Kay wrote:
>>  Now you are closer to my sentiments ...
>>
>Hey, there's a wide gap in what I think as a private person and how I
>act as a business guy. When wearing the latter hat, statements I
>completely support otherwise like:
>
>>  I do think that the concept of IP (for software at least -- any many
>>  other areas as well) has completely broken down.
>
>simply are useless information. A business is firmly entrenched in a
>legal system,

But which one and with which loopholes and with which resources, etc.?

>  and the risk that the Mouse will knock on my door with a
>demand for gobs of money for the privilege to use Squeak, or whatever,
>is real.

Your chance of being seriously injured in an automobile accident is 
quite likely much higher ...

>Whatever I think of it, it's reality.

No, it's just your perception of what's going on. The real question 
about dealing with reality is what are the tradeoffs between actual 
risks and actual payoffs. Close attention to the meaning of "actual" 
makes decision making easier.

Cheers,

Alan

>
>>  For people who want to be in business and make
>>  money with SW, I think the best routes have to do with selling
>>  various kinds of services around the SW (from documentation to
>>  talking about it to handholding and upwards).
>>
>I absolutely agree.
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