The Future End of Classic Computing

Douglas H. Quebbeman wrote: Hollings isn't insane, just venal and corrupt, and most likely (conveniently) ignorant, like most politicians. If you think lying and the evasion of responsibility are insane, you're ok in my book, Doug, but the numbers aren't with us there. Even it reality does bite people like Hollings in the ass eventually. The "piracy" issue is a red herring here. Pointing it out, though, will get you no more sympathy or support in many quarters than those who noted that the American Civil War was about regional economic aggression (and fueled by opportunistic war profiteering.) Fortunately, though, "piracy" is a lot easier to defend on moral grounds than slavery, when the real theft has been from third-parties by copyright holders, and most importantly, from the public domain. jbdigriz