On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 02:42:55 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Kim
Keller" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:


"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
. ..
That's not really a useful comparison.

Geez, Rand. I could say the night sky is black and you'd disagree.

Really? Why would you think that?

It's a lot easer to shut
something down (ignoring the politics, of course) than to create
something.

Politics can't be ignored, particularly when the projects under discussion
are politically driven.

I didn't say it can be. I'm just pointing out that it's much more
difficult to accomplish a technical project (which also involves
politics and political interests) than it is to shut it down.