On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 12:15:17AM +0100, nbco wrote: > On Wednesday 27 October 2004 23:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Are people who have written custom GUI front ends for Linux stealing? > > They're not stealing, they are getting paid for the value that > > they've added. Are people that sell bottled water stealing? No one is > > forcing you to pay for water. But its been cleaned and nicely > > packaged and it fits in your cupholder, so you buy it. > I have to say I generally really approve of TM4525's attitude, but on > this one, you can't fool all of the people all of the time... > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3523303.stm > coca cola no longer sells water in England, even though it be real > purdy, the punters, don't buy it..... This is getting way off topic for [EMAIL PROTECTED] (therefore Reply-to: set to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ). Dasani water had to be withdrawn because Coca Cola's "purification" process resulted in the water being contaminated with unacceptable levels of bromate. Bromate is a potential carcinogen, although it takes long term, chronic exposure to have that effect. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3550063.stm Result -- Dasani is a joke and rapidly becoming a byword for corporate greed, stupidity and the misplaced belief that all you need is a marketing campaign and that it's perfectly OK to treat your customers with contempt. All of which was a particularly dumb move by Coca Cola, especially as they only suffered from the bromate contamination by trying to add calcium to the (already perfectly good) water supplied by Thames Water. The ironic thing is that within parts of it's area of operations, Thames Water supplies what must be the most calcium rich tap water supply anywhere in the country. Unfortunately for Coca Cola that water is already on the market: http://www.chilternhills.co.uk/ Although it's noticably not present in the shops round here: that's because it comes out of the taps at about 1/1000 of the price of bottled water. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
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