Re: IBM Micro-partitioning and software licensing

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