Wednesday, May 15, 2002

John Gilmore: Intel and other honest manufacturers should stand fast and say, "We are not the world's policemen. We sell general purpose equipment and we make it as flexible as possible to attract the broadest range of customers. You can't hold the man who makes pencils responsible because a bookie used a pencil to write down a bet. And you can't demand that he design a pencil that can't be used to write down a bet." If you answered the oligopoly demands in those terms, there would be no political "problem". [Hack the Planet] 7:37:27 AM    comment []