Re: The FCC is planning new net neutrality rules. And they could enshrine pay-for-play. - The Washington Post

["Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>]

I'm afraid we will have to agree to disagree. If you think things like "patent enforcement" == "government protected 
monopoly", we are at an impasse.

I guess having the police keep people from breaking into their offices and stealing their computers is another form of 
government medaling we would all be better off without?

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TTFN,
patrick

On Apr 25, 2014, at 18:47 , Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon () cox net> wrote:

> On 4/25/2014 8:23 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
> > On Apr 25, 2014, at 00:57 , Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon () cox net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I just posted a completely empty message for which I apologize.
> > >
> > > > Larry is confused. He can claim he is not, but posting to NANOG
> > > > does not change the facts. Then again, just because I posted to
> > > > NANOG doesn't prove I'm right either. Worst of all, this thread
> > > > is pretty non-operational now.
> > >
> > > In a private message I asked if he could name a single monopoly
> > > that existed without regulation to protect its monopoly power.
> >
> > I answered in a private message: Microsoft.
> >
> > Kinda obvious if you think about it for, oh, say, 12 microseconds.
>
> "OK, so you are a troll.
>
> Microsoft is among the most heavily protected-by-regulation companies I
> can think of.
>
> Have you ever seen their patent collection?  Can you guess at the size
> of their infringement-enforcement staff?  Do you have any idea how many
> court-room hours are spent each day protecting their monopoly?"
>
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