Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 23:13:16 +0000 From: "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com>, "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why we should support Microsoft... Message-ID: <980518231316.ZM2400@darkstar.connect.com> In-Reply-To: Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com> "Re: Why we should support Microsoft..." (May 18, 3:02pm) References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980518145641.4694D-100000@altrox.atipa.com>
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On May 18, 3:02pm, Atipa wrote: > Subject: Re: Why we should support Microsoft... > > > Stop smoking crack. > Nice. Very classy argument. > How better to answer an obvious troll that doesn't have a clue? Frank > > This is not about Bill Gates having too much > > money. This is about monopoly. Go read some history with the following > > keywords: Standard Oil, AT&T. > > Those are commodities that influence the basic needs of people (heat, > elctricity, telephones), and not what OS they use to play Quake. If we > open the door to this kind of government support, expect a clipper chip > inside your phone very shortly. > > > Monopoly is bad for economy. Monopoly does not help the economy. > > Monopoly should be stopped. > > But what makes this a monopoly? We all have the ability to choose > products, and noone is taking that away. I personally will not be using > Windows98, and I personally would like to see MS get smart. However, I > disagree with this approach. > > As I stated in other e-mails, we are missing the big picture. We need to > focus on promoting emerging technologies, instead of stunting existing > ones. Then we can all be winners. They should be investigating MS's > poisoning of Java instead of their integrated browser. > > Kevin > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message >-- End of excerpt from Atipa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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