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What I am incredulous about is the "it must be true, I read it on the internet" foundation you have used for your supporting evidence. Leif Svalgaard wrote: >From: Hall, Philip <phall@spss.com> > >>Chris wrote: >> >>>My belief is that nobody, or perhaps a very few somebodies, enters >>>into a research project or works to build a working model of a >>>technology for the purpose of filing a patent to stop that technology >>>from being used. >>> > >Phil, Chris is using "The Argument From Personal Astonishment" >This is sometimes known as the Argument From Complexity, or the >Argument From Ignorance, or the Argument From Incredulity. > >It has the form: >I don't understand (or I never heard) how this could happen. >Therefore it couldn't have. > >Maybe it is best to move the discussion to the new patents-junk-list. >We are way off topic. > >Leif > > > > >_______________________________________________ >This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list >To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, >visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l >or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > > -- Chris Rehm javadisciple@earthlink.net If you believe that the best technology wins the marketplace, you haven't been paying attention.
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