From owner-freebsd-chat Mon May 18 16:13:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA04786 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 18 May 1998 16:13:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw01.execpc.com (mailgw01.execpc.com [169.207.16.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA04751 for ; Mon, 18 May 1998 16:13:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (skaro-1-172.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.139.174]) by mailgw01.execpc.com (8.8.8) id SAA13641; Mon, 18 May 1998 18:13:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from fpawlak@localhost) by darkstar.connect.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA02401; Mon, 18 May 1998 18:13:16 -0500 (CDT) From: "Frank Pawlak" Message-Id: <980518231316.ZM2400@darkstar.connect.com> Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 23:13:16 +0000 In-Reply-To: Atipa "Re: Why we should support Microsoft..." (May 18, 3:02pm) References: X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) To: Atipa , "Jan B. Koum " Subject: Re: Why we should support Microsoft... Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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