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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,345c9fcf5a67a99f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-24 13:26:29 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: Microsoft takes on history Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 20:26:28 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <3CED2E66.DD15C13D@despammed.com> <2TvH8.1710$Np5.1619@nwrddc01.gnilink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1022271988 13901 129.241.83.78 (24 May 2002 20:26:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 20:26:28 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24685 Date: 2002-05-24T20:26:28+00:00 List-Id: On 24 May 2002 14:54:17 -0600, Larry Kilgallen wrote: > In article , Preben Randhol writes: > >> The problem with the free market is that the only steering comitee it is >> supposed to have is the consumers. This is not enough. There will always >> be the collective irrationalism to hinder it, besides the consumers do >> not have any means of dealing with the cheating in the free market. > > Certainly they do. They can band together. One of the earliest examples > of this is called "government". Heheheh I rest my case ;-)