Seth Finkelstein wrote:
<Dell's statement>
> "We recently received an order from a customer whose company name
> included the word "combat." We cancelled the order to give us enough
> time to follow up with the customer and be assured that the sale
> would be in compliance with U.S. export law."
Sounds bogus, since they apparently never contacted Weigand.
> Myself, I would have thought that the word "Handguns" would
> have been a stronger flag than "Combat".
That might also catch "Handgun Control, Inc" (yah, I know they've
changed their name recently), and they're the gooooood guys. Or maybe
Dell's censorware programmer just didn't think of it.
> Remember this incident the next time anyone tries to claim
> that censorware is so much better now.
Yep.
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persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
