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In article <66150@sgi.sgi.com> karsh@trifolium.esd.sgi.com (Bruce Karsh) writes:

   Does anyone really believe that anybody will invest in a scheme
   which requires that you raise capital, develop a product, bring the
   product to market, but after 5 years the product can be copied
   freely?

I'd just like to point out to Bruce that that is the current state of
affairs, and I don't even have to wait 5 years.  I can take J. Random
User's copy of 1-2-3, put it in my computer, and say "copy a: c:" and
viola, I have a copy of 1-2-3.  This hasn't stopped companies from
engaging in all the expensive behaviors Bruce mentioned above.

Oh, you mean that isn't legal?  Tell me, is that stopping anyone besides
a very few people?  I'm not saying that it's right, I'm saying that it's done,
and it doesn't stop companies from creating huge investments.

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We won the cold war.  The Russians spent trillions defending their stuff,
then they found that they didn't have any stuff.  Will we avoid the same trap?