Op 2005-10-24, David Schwartz schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > "Antoon Pardon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Microsoft had something you need so badly that you could not go into >>> business without it. So they demanded from you that you pay them what >>> their >>> software was actually worth to you. That is not extortion. Everyone who >>> sells something tries to get the maximum possible value for it. > >> If a company wants to be paid for things it didn't deliver, then I think >> that is extortion. Microsoft want te be paid a license on windows for >> P.C.'s that were sold without windows. > > I think you need to look up "extortion" in a dictionary. I can walk up > to you and say "if you want me to mow your lawn, you must pay me $1 every > time you smoke a cigarette". So long as you can say "no" and all that > happens is that I don't mow your lawn (which I have no obligation to do > anyway), it isn't extortion.
If you would happen to have a monopoly on the mowing business, which would make it very hard for me to have my lawn mowed unless I took your offer, it would be. -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
