Re: Lisp is Sin

David Golden wrote: 
Cameron MacKinnon wrote:


James Watt and his contemporaries did not discover (dis-cover = uncover = reveal that
which was already present) the steam engine. 


Of course not, any school child knows the discovery of the steam engine
was recorded by Heron of Alexandria over 1600 years before Watt
appeared on the scene... :-)

Of course, as far as I'm concerned, ALL patent law is unjust and should
be abolished. No one should have the absurd power over other people
that patent monopolies grant, in any field.  We should find some other
reward if we still want to reward "inventors" over and above the free
market.
Great, so when you invent the Warp Drive Ford/Microsoft/IBM can just copy your design, sell their versions at a loss (Walmart does this all the time to gain market dominance), and put you out of business. Then when you're out of business, they're on a gravy train.

Sorry, but the free market went with the more reliable and trusted company over the uncertain startup.
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