From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b019f7f1faf2125d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-08 02:05:58 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!dialin-145-254-039-063.arcor-ip.NET!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Way OT:Adam Smith and Software Markets Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 11:07:31 +0100 Organization: At home Message-ID: References: Reply-To: mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de NNTP-Posting-Host: dialin-145-254-039-063.arcor-ip.net (145.254.39.63) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1047117956 64973840 145.254.39.63 (16 [77047]) User-Agent: KNode/0.7.1 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:35063 Date: 2003-03-08T11:07:31+01:00 List-Id: Alexandre E. Kopilovitch wrote: > On Thu, 06 Mar 2003 17:37:51 +0100 > Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: > >>BTW, China, I believe it is a Chinese saying: to wish somebody to live >>in interesting times. > I thought that Chinese saying was about "times of changes"... let's don't > mix classical sayings (Chinese or other) with Monty Python (I have nothing > against the latter, just do not mix -:) I should admit that my knowledge of Chinese sayings heavily relies on Terry Pratchett's writings (:-)). >> Fortunately, our time is not enough "interesting"! (:-)) > It depends on where you live... and consequently, what you can watch and > feel. > >> However, it is getting closer to that. What about >>getting 25 years jail in a combat (in one of that intellectual property >>battles)? > Well, it is hard to frighten former Soviet people (for example) with such > usual things -;) Come on, even in the former SU nobody would be jailed for writting software. Honestly, the dissidents worked against the regime, they were a threat. But even so, one could get no more than 5-7 years in camps for that. 25 years for exercising the right of free speech, that's closer to a young and passionate dictature than to a teethless aged regime. > And be sure, those so-called "developed" nations didn't > (and will not) forget entirely their own history. -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov www.dmitry-kazakov.de