Cubic Dollars

[andy quaas]

Scully agrees with that one Mulder.


---Robert Harris <bob at bobthecomputerguy.com> wrote:
>
> The question of your rights to hack GM or other ECU's vs the
Manufacturers
> boil down to two words -  Cubic Dollars.   If or when it is
perceived by GM et
> al to be in GM's interest to end the practice, it will end.   GM has
> historically crushed competition without regard to anything other
than it was
> good for GM.  Count on it.
> 
> Start with sheer absolute weight of lawyers - how many thousand can
you afford
> to defend with?   Then if you do start to get an edge - how many cubic
> lobbyist can you afford?  GM can and has had the law routinely
changed to suit
> GM.  
> 
> When it was in Bill Gates interest to crush OS-2, cheap counterfeit
windows
> flooded the market.  Now that it is not - the software police are
out in force
> and MS openly states that it intends to have the 100,000 $
prescribed by law
> fines levied on individuals to end the practice.  Bill Gates can and
is taking
> everything including the house of anyone they catch.
> 
> Before you start to whine and snivel about rights - think campaign
> contributions.  How many bucks to how many Klintonian officials
campaigns can
> you fatten vs GM.   Not fair?  - who said GM or life or God was fair?
> 
> And do not forget that the tax paid gnomes and drones of the evil
empire
> AmeriKa will gladly crush you with the full weight and force of law
if it
> pleases their masters.   Think not - remember Janet Reno's barbecue
where 84
> people found out what happens when thief religion was not BATF
approved.
> 
> Am I cynical - absolutely.  Do I disapprove - absolutely NOT.   Do
it, enjoy
> the holiday - but don't be surprised when Cubic Dollars descend to
end the
> practice.
> 
> 1963 Ford C-600 Prison Bus Conversion "Home"
> 1971 Lincoln Continental 460 "Christine"
> 1972 "Whale" Mustang awaiting transplant
> 1978 Dodge Long Bed Peeek Up "Bundymobile"
> 
> Habaneros - not just for breakfast anymore
> 

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