"Roedy Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 15:48:18 -0700, "David Schwartz" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote or quoted : >> Go down to your local car dealer and see if you can buy a new car >>without an engine. > Given that that the OS and the hardware come from completely different > companies, I think that a specious analogy. With many cars, the engine is made by a different manufacturer from the body. The point is, they're sold as a unit because a car won't run without an engine and most people in the market want a car with an engine. DS -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list