Robert McNealy wrote:
> Nobody "froces" anyone to sell their company. That is a business decision,
> most often for the best of the business-owner. Microsoft has the clout to
> "buy" its expertise. None of these exchanges can happened with consent.
>
> Many of would not be in the IT, MIS, PC industires if it weren't FOR
> Microsoft. Through their business practices, they mass-marketed and made
> computers easy to use and popular. No one can argue that. Apple did not, or
> we would all be rooting for government to chew them a new a--hole.
>
> If you hate Windoze, don't use it. But for many of us, we have to still
> hybrid still because so many applications are not available in Linux, and so
> many customers want Win Appz. Not to mention many of our average secretary
> tyes would never be able to figure out how to use linux. I still know so
> many users to who have a hard enough time learning Outlook.
>
> Come on, in the early 80's everyone hate IBM, because they were the "Evil
> Empire", now it is MS. I bet it will be SUN (maybe Cisco) next. Look how
> they "protect" Java.
>
> Come on. MS bashing is so old. Let's ignore it and get some Linux work
> done.
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux resources online
> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 12:11:44 -0400
>
> Romanator wrote:
>
> > I am not 100% sure but it sounds familiar. They have purchased a lot of
> > the smaller companies that provide coding, installation, uninstall,
> > 'dll' stuff. A fair chunk of the coding is not necessarily written
> > inside the Microsoft building. They own many smaller companies that
> > contribute to the general product.
> > Can you imagine if you had a smaller software producing good software,
> > and then you tried to
> > challenge Microsoft. Not only will they buy your company through the
> > courts, and, if you don't
> > agree or conform with their philosophy, they will boot you out of your
> > own company.
> >
> > --
> > Roman
> > Registered Linux User #179293
>
> Exactly. One of the big points in the Justice Depts case against
> them is that they have stifled inovation through such tactics. I
> mean whats the point of developing a killer piece of software,
> knowing that MS will just take it from you, by hook or by crook?
>
> Anybody else on this list old enough to remember when the "suits"
> didn't run things, and games/software were ported to every single
> platform, just because they could/it was neat? Circa '80's with
> names like Tandy, Atari, Amiga, etc, etc,... ;-)
>
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