Re: IBM Micro-partitioning and software licensing

On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:18:23 -0500, "Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.net> 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 Score one for the Yanks . . .8-) JWC