Re: IBM Micro-partitioning and software licensing

Please get out more :-) Art S. Kagel wrote: > Neil Truby wrote: > >> "Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote in message >> news:4225FCE7.2030309@bloomberg.net... > > >> >> First of all, only an American could mangle the noun "affinity" and >> come up with the verb "affine" :-) > > > There's a logic to it. If 'unity' is the noun, 'united' the adjective, > and 'unite' the verb, then for the noun 'affinity' there SHOULD exist > the verb 'affine' if there exists the adjective 'affined'! Voila: > > From The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: > > AFFINED > adj. Linked by a close relationship. Beholden to another; bound. > > > Which begs the equivalent definition: > > AFFINE > v. To link by a close relationship. To create an affinity or objects > which are affined. > > And as the final nail in the 'there ain't no such word' coffin: > > From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913) > Affine \\Af*fine"\\, v. t. [F. affiner to refine; ? (L. ad) + fin fine. > See {Fine}.] To refine. [Obs.] --Holland. > > Art S. Kagel -- Paul Watson # Oninit Ltd # Growing old is mandatory Tel: +44 1436 672201 # Growing up is optional Fax: +44 1436 678693 # Mob: +44 7818 003457 # www.oninit.com #