M$ is like a crack dealer, willing to give you a free look to get you hooked, then laugh and get fat as your dependence grows. They're selling Windows XP pro *and* Office XP for $39 a pop in Thailand. That's $39 for the both of them, not each. Don't you think consumers here should bitch about that?
BTW, html mail on this list is frowned upon, please turn it off. Todd On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 12:40:32PM +1200, InDeSkyz wrote: > And so to keep China buying from MS - MS offers to let China view > source code? > > For some reason that annoys me. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: [1]Brant Fitzsimmons > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 19 August 2003 12:29 PM > > Subject: Re: [newbie] That's gotta sting! > > HaywireMac wrote: > >On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 19:06:12 -0400 > >Brant Fitzsimmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > > > > > >>http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5064978.html?tag=lh > >> > >> > > > >Poooooor MS, they have suffered so mightily. > > > >But monopolies are bad whether MS or Chinese, OS all the way! > > > I agree. My heart goes out to MS. No...really, it does... :-P > -- > Brant Fitzsimmons > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___________________________________________________________________ > Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | > [5]http://counter.li.org/ > AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdkcustom > KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client > ___________________________________________________________________ > "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. > Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being > self-evident." > -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) > ______________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to [6]http://www.mandrakestore.com > > References > > 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 2. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 3. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 4. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 5. http://counter.li.org/ > 6. http://www.mandrakestore.com/ -- Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media. -Noam Chomsky
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