Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:46:07 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: <davids@webmaster.com> Cc: Rob <bitabyss@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org>, Andrew Falanga <af300wsm@gmail.com> Subject: RE: Suggestions please for what POP or IMAP servers to use Message-ID: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCCEDPCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <MDEHLPKNGKAHNMBLJOLKMEJHIPAC.davids@webmaster.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: David Schwartz [mailto:davids@webmaster.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 8:35 AM > To: tedm@toybox.placo.com > Cc: Rob; FreeBSD Chat; Andrew Falanga > Subject: RE: Suggestions please for what POP or IMAP servers to use > > > When we talk about a corporation being motivated by fear, we know that a > corporation is not a human being and has no feelings. It can't actually be > afraid of anything. > > However, tons of evidence from that time period suggests that Microsoft > feared Oh brother. > > This would require a kind of foresight on Gates' part that he > simply didn't > have. > > It really doesn't matter whether Bill Gates genuinely feared that the > Internet First it was "Microsoft feared" Now it's "Bill Gates feared" > could topple his OS monopoly by making OS unimportant or > if he was > just covering his bases. The fact is, he acted to leverage his Windows > monopoly to kill IE Now your just so carried away that you aren't even paying attention to what your writing. "leverage windows to kill IE?" > > You may find some evidence to suggest that Microsoft thought that the > browser might be a way to control other markets. For example, if your > browser defaults to your portal, then your book selling site might have an > advantage over a competitor's. It's quite possible that this also > motivated > Microsoft to think winning the browser wars was important. > > There is just no evidence that root key issues had any role in the browser > wars. Ted insists they did against all evidence. > The root key issue that your so hung up on was a single example cited by me in a response to Chuck Robey's statement that Microsoft is "giving away" IE. Go back and re-read it. Notice that I DID NOT say in that post that this was the ONLY way that Microsoft makes money of IE. It is you that has somehow jumped to the conclusion that I was asserting this is the ONLY way Microsoft makes money off IE. There's plenty other ways. Ted
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