I think the Big Lots analogy is pretty fitting, expect Big Lots usually gives a discount when they sell you other people's stuff. Or maybe the article was talking about the way Walmart kills local businesses.
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote: > > I worked for big oil companies, I hate to degrade them that way. > I think of Micro$loth as the Dollar Store of software. > Dollar General is to high in the field to be related to M$ > > Howard Coles wrote: >> Lets not bad mouth Big Lots either. :-D >> >> Microsoft is more like an Oil Company than a low price dept. store. >> They rip you off with bloated prices and low quality product, only >> with fuel you have to have it, at least with M$ you don't "have" to >> have it. >> >> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Michael Chaney >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Jim Peterson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> http://tech.yahoo.com/news/infoworld/20081215/tc_infoworld/120220_1 >>>> >>>> Microsoft Exec bill Microsoft as the Wal-Mart of software! >>>> >>> FLOSS is the Wal-Mart of software. Microsoft is, at best, the Big Lots. >>> >>> Michael >>> -- >>> Michael Darrin Chaney, Sr. >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.michaelchaney.com/ >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
