From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 31 7:59:40 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sage-american.com (sage-american.com [216.122.141.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2FA237B403 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2001 07:59:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from sageone (adsl-64-219-30-182.dsl.crchtx.swbell.net [64.219.30.182]) by sage-american.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA00928; Wed, 31 Oct 2001 09:59:25 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20011031095935.00f94888@mail.sage-american.com> X-Sender: jacks@mail.sage-american.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 09:59:35 -0600 To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" , , From: jacks@sage-american.com Subject: RE: Smashing Bill Gates necessary? In-Reply-To: <001001c161d5$58184b40$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> References: <3.0.5.32.20011030082719.00fa6e38@mail.sage-american.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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