[TChris]

Basically nothing, which is why "open source" is diametrically opposed to export control. IF technology is going to be allowed to transfer to Russia AT ALL, which I don't support, there should at least be a significant charge in dollars for it.

Another big wrench in your argument is your baseless assumption that Open Source software is somehow all American. Most Open Source projects have developers from all over the world at work on them! How are you going to deny technology to Russia, when Russians may have helped develop it?

This doesn't apply in great degree to IBM, but you have started to talk Open Source in general.

You want to stuff a Genie into the bottle after it's already out, and neither the Genie nor the bottle belong to us! (USA)

[Golden Eagle]

You want to stuff a Genie into the bottle after it's already out, and neither the Genie nor the bottle belong to us!

IBM products aren't subject to U.S. law? What Genie is out of the bottle, our ablility to control U.S. exports, forever?

We obviously disagree on the long term technological landscape. I prefer one where the United States continues to dominate. You prefer, correct me if I'm wrong, one where the U.S. surrenders its lead to, uh, the U.N., or even worse, some "loseknit group of hackers on the net"?