Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 09:59:35 -0600 From: jacks@sage-american.com To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Smashing Bill Gates necessary? Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20011031095935.00f94888@mail.sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <001001c161d5$58184b40$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> References: <3.0.5.32.20011030082719.00fa6e38@mail.sage-american.com>
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BTW, if you want more of my opinions, come on over and read my monthly column in a Tech mag read by 50,000 in 177 countries: http://www.antennex.com/Stones/ Yes, I'm the publisher too.... web hosting is a sideline. At 10:29 PM 10.30.2001 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: jacks@sage-american.com [mailto:jacks@sage-american.com] >>Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 6:27 AM >>To: Ted Mittelstaedt; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; >>freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >>Subject: RE: Smashing Bill Gates necessary? >> >> >> >>"...Whoah there! Your way, way out of line...." >> >>Ted: While I have a lot of respect for your expertise in BSD, I was unaware >>you also practiced law... or do you have a law degree specializing in >>anti-trust? > >The findings of the court are in plain English. Anyone can read them. >They are also the law of the land unless some future appeal to the >US Supreme Court becomes likely and the judgement is overturned. > >Sorry but I'm pretty disgusted by people running around talking like >the court's judgement on this is some kind of random opinion. It's the >law at the current time. Microsoft has been found in a court with >jurisdiction - no several courts - to be an illegal monopoly. > >Everyone has opinions about laws and court judgements out there. My beef >with your statement was not that your opinion that the judgement is >wrong or bad is invalid - my beef is your statement that just because >some people don't like the findings of the court that the findings are >meaningless. It's a fine hair to split perhaps - but right now Microsoft >is running around playing victim and they are doing it for a blatant and >obvious reason. They are doing it because they intend once the judgement is >final to attempt to get Congress to pass some laws and gut the judgement. > >When you say things like "bust him up without any good reason" you are just >repeating the same bullshit from Microsoft's PR department. There IS a >good reason to bust them up - they are breaking the law which makes them >criminals. We are past the point at which it's a matter of opinion as to >whether Microsoft is engaged in illegal criminal activity. It's now a >FACT. They ARE, according to how the court has interpreted the law of the >land. > >Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com >Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide >Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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