From phm@a2e.de  Sat May  5 14:08:45 2001
From: phm@a2e.de (PILCH Hartmut)
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 15:08:45 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [Patents] Black and white
In-Reply-To: <mnet2.988988079.8429.kodama@netcourrier.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0105051504100.2336-100000@mulix.oas.a2e.de>

> >> For instance, the threads about "Free software vs software patents".
> >What thread was that?
> >I don't remember such a thread.
> >Why don't you quote?
>
> I can not accept this :  80 % of the message of April do have this title !!

No, 0%.

> Is there a real need to quote this ???

Yes, please point to at least one message that carries this title or
quote the text that you want to refute.

"Name the horse and its rider" as we say in German.
Building a strawman and claiming it to be identical to a whole group of
people is not serious argumentation tactic.  Nor is concealing one's
identity.

-phm



