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<TITLE>RE: "intellectual" property rights</TITLE>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> >One might call this the revenge of the MBA. Apparently, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> enough people</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> were turned out with MBA degrees who failed to get real jobs, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> so they are</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> busy as squirrels writing up business plans and trying to </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> "patent" them as</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> a means of extortion.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>As someone once observed: This isn't a rich society because we have so many MBAs; we have so many MBAs because this is a rich society.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Carl</FONT>
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