Rocky Smolin
rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Thu Nov 24 15:26:01 CST 2011
I a world awash in HP hardware I think it would be hard not to find its way into any system in the world. And I don't think HP can control it. Nor apparently the U.S. government. And if that hardware was sold to Syria two years ago then it would hardly be financing either side. Which is aside from the question of whether or not HP and/or the U.S. Government was complicit in allowing or encouraging sales to Syria. Certainly saying the "America finances both side..." is a stretch by what's presented in this article. Finances? Because some HP printers or laptops got bought by Syrians? Hardly 'financing'. I assume whoever bought the hardware paid for it - which means it wasn't financed - just bought apparently legally on the open market in an arm's length transaction. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 12:32 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] WW II Redux America finances both sides of the Syrian situation, reminiscent of what occurred in Germany in WW II... http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/11/american-computing-syria/ Arthur -- Cell: 647.710.1314 Thirty spokes converge on a hub but it's the emptiness that makes a wheel work -- from the Daodejing _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com