V claims:
"Maybe we should make the Yankees start wearing high heels..."
You mean they don't !
George
Red Sox Technical Support
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From: Vaughn Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] RE:off-topic: Microsoft not violating copyright;
Netscape troubles
> Wow what an interesting thread this has become!
>
> The inside opinions are great. I am really glad to see we have so many
> capitalists here debating this point. Microsoft is big. Microsoft is
> strong. Microsoft is tough to compete with, but does that make them evil?
> Netscape, Sun, and AOL have all faced them and lost because of their high
> prices, bad practices, poor marketing, or even design flaws. Now they
think
> that Microsoft should be tied up and have it's head chopped off. This is
> tatamount to "He is bigger and faster than the other kids because he works
> out all of the time and runs laps every day, he should have to play
football
> on his knees and with no helmet! My kid has a right to eat potato chips
and
> lay on the couch and still win football games!". (My son won't be going
to
> that school of thought!) Do talented football players create all of the
> moves they do? No. They improve on, and/or execute more efficiently, age
> old moves and win games as a result. Maybe we should make the Yankees
start
> wearing high heels...
>
> I would love to see another company give MS a run for thier money, but not
> in court! I do not want to be stuck buying the software that lawyers have
> crafted! I also don't want people who think lawyers are party of the
> development process building the next generation OS!
>
> Anyone who waits for the government to bring him his future has not paid
> attention to the government's results in the past!
>
> As soon as IMAIL runs on Linux I will buy it. I love Linux and use it
> everyday in many server roles, but why would the average user want to use
> it? It takes 10 times as long to figure out how to do anything and there
is
> a shortage of knowledge/support available yet. That could all change if
> they just do exactly what MS has been doing. Improve, Improve, Improve!
So
> far I see Sun, Netscape and AOL saying they improved upon our ideas! They
> must be stopped so that our rough and poorly built stuff stays on top!
> Please cut me a break! Get back to building better mousetraps and the
world
> will beat your door down. Our industry is new but that age old saying
still
> holds true!
>
> </rant off>
> -V
>
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