[171314] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The FCC is planning new net neutrality rules. And they could
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Fri Apr 25 19:37:01 2014
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
In-Reply-To: <535AE5E5.7050108@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:36:30 -0400
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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I'm afraid we will have to agree to disagree. If you think things like =
"patent enforcement" =3D=3D "government protected monopoly", we are at =
an impasse.
I guess having the police keep people from breaking into their offices =
and stealing their computers is another form of government medaling we =
would all be better off without?
--=20
TTFN,
patrick
On Apr 25, 2014, at 18:47 , Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon@cox.net> wrote:
> On 4/25/2014 8:23 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
>> On Apr 25, 2014, at 00:57 , Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon@cox.net>
>> wrote:
>>=20
>>> I just posted a completely empty message for which I apologize.
>>>=20
>>>> Larry is confused. He can claim he is not, but posting to NANOG
>>>> does not change the facts. Then again, just because I posted to
>>>> NANOG doesn't prove I'm right either. Worst of all, this thread
>>>> is pretty non-operational now.
>>>=20
>>> In a private message I asked if he could name a single monopoly
>>> that existed without regulation to protect its monopoly power.
>>=20
>> I answered in a private message: Microsoft.
>>=20
>> Kinda obvious if you think about it for, oh, say, 12 microseconds.
>=20
> "OK, so you are a troll.
>=20
> Microsoft is among the most heavily protected-by-regulation companies =
I
> can think of.
>=20
> Have you ever seen their patent collection? Can you guess at the size
> of their infringement-enforcement staff? Do you have any idea how =
many
> court-room hours are spent each day protecting their monopoly?"
>=20
> --=20
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