Bob, I feel people who knowingly take risks, must be prepared to suffer the consequences. Insofar as MS products are concerned I feel most people are computer illiterate and are unable to determine if they're getting screwed. When Co.'s become very powerful forces in the marketplace however, and become publicly known to manipulate the consumer; the end result, I feel, will be a gradual dissipation of that power permitting competitive forces to prevail for the benefit of the consumer. The problem is the unconstitutional intrusion by the feds in the marketplace; bailouts, etc. Chrysler was a good example of producing shoddy products. On a larger scale, the U.S. taxpayer bailout of the Mexican peso; when crooks control the government as in Mexico and, in connivance with the international banksters, they use unfounded fear as a weapon to appease the consumer. Didn't work because the peso was devalued more than half; that bailout only postponed what should have been the inevitable collapse of a corrupt government. Bard Pro Libertate - For Freedom BUCHANAN-Reform http://gopatgo2000.com/default.htm No more Greed......http://iresist.com/cgoc/coffee/ "the LOVE of money is the root of ALL evil." > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Djurdjevic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 8:59 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [slickmisc] Re: rapist hits Gates but leaves Exxon alone?? > > > At 10:07 AM 6/9/2000 -0400, you wrote: > > > > May 1, 2000 > > > > > > "While Joel Klein and his Justice Department were > > > publicly and distastefully > > > celebrating Judge Jackson's decision, the market > > > capitalization of Microsoft > > > was dropping by more than $100 billion. That's not > > > some theoretical figure. > > > It is a loss in real wealth in many cases, in > > > retirement savings of more > > > than two million direct shareholders of Microsoft > > > and of tens of millions > > > more who have substantial holdings of Microsoft in > > > their mutual funds and > > > annuities. ... [...] > > > And who has forced these fools to put their savings into Wall > Street or the > juggernaut like Microsoft? Now they, as well as Microsoft, are reaping > what they had sowed. > > If you feel like feeling sorry for someone, it should be the > owners of the > companies Microsoft drove out of business or swallowed up on its > way up to > Wall Street riches. (Sorry Rich, the pun not intended). While stuffing > America and the world with shoddy products. > > For a sanity check, just ask yourself... How many millions of > people would > be killed if airlines crashed as often as Windows does? Thank God our > nuclear technology doesn't run on Windows. Or does it? > > Bob Dj. > > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
