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List:       wikien-l
Subject:    Re: [WikiEN-l] Answers.com tool released
From:       Matt R <matt_crypto () yahoo ! co ! uk>
Date:       2006-04-12 23:55:34
Message-ID: 20060412235534.73517.qmail () web25005 ! mail ! ukl ! yahoo ! com
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Philip Welch <wikipedia@philwelch.net> wrote:
On Apr 12, 2006, at 4:15 PM, Ben McIlwain wrote:
> > Seconded.  Companies choose who they want to do business with all  
> > of the
> > time.  It's not illegal by embargo laws to sell small arms to many
> > countries in the Middle East, but most American companies absolutely
> > refuse to do it.

> There's a difference between selling *arms* (i.e. things that can be  
> used to kill people and blow shit up) and selling, say, *encyclopedias*.

Yep, we're well into strained analogy territory here. And nobody, as far as I'm \
aware, has suggested we stop "doing business" with Answers.com, rather that we don't \
advertise their product: one for which they're engaging in some unpleasant software \
patent litigation.

-- Matt





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