On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Tom C wrote: > I think it's stupid but no more than any other "Official this or that". > M&M's the offical candy of the WInter Olympics. I could have that slightly > wrong but the same for Coca-Cola, Subaru, you name it.
Yes, but the thing is that M&M have been appointed that "offical candy" status by the organization that runs the Winter Olympics, right? Probably after paying a lot of money for it. But who have appointed Pentax this "official" status? And who may Pentax have paid for it? "The Internet" at large? There simply isn't such an organization that have that kind of authority over the Internet at all. The Internet is no company, no organization. It's just the sum of all private networks arount the globe that have chosen to connect to each other, as peers. It's like claiming to be the official this-or-that of all the highways and city streets in the world. anders ------------------------- http://anders.hultman.nu/ med dagens bild och allt!
