Bad analogy
Posted Feb 28, 2004 18:26 UTC (Sat) by
edgewood (subscriber, #1123)
In reply to:
Support SCO - Stop other un-American activity by jimmo
Parent article:
USENIX Letter to Congress Refuting SCO's Letter (Groklaw)
That's a bad analogy. When the Red Cross distributes blankets, it doesn't hurt the blanket industry. The Red Cross isn't creating blankets out of thin air: someone had to purchase the blanket in the first place.
This is not to say that SCO's argument is valid, merely that this counterargument by analogy isn't an effective one.
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