Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 10:38:58 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: This just in: Microsoft/Sears Merger Message-ID: <4.1.19981220103552.00c013e0@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.981220111456.asmodai@wxs.nl> References: <4.1.19981219173154.06b97f10@mail.lariat.org>
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At 11:14 AM 12/20/98 +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: >On 20-Dec-98 Brett Glass wrote: > >> This may have made Sears a tempting acquisition target for cash-rich >> Microsoft, which in 1998 surpassed General Electric to attain the largest >> market capitalization of any American company. >> however, Gates said that he could not recall its meaning. > >Man, this is starting to sound like the Corps from a Shadowrun game... > >Next thing Bill wants full control over what TV stations will be airing. > >Ick, ick, ick. > This is a classic demonstration of Microsoft yet again buying into a market in which they do not belong. SOOO how many users does Microsoft Network have? Noone cares, America Online bought out that market ages ago. My brother made a valid point.. All Sears sells is like Packard Bell and other horrid computers.. He said "When you combine shit with shit, your result is still shit..".. I think that's the easiest interpretation of it. What's next, blenders? toasters? I mean hell they've already got their little cable TV station, and then they own WEBTV too.. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA http://www.droo.orland.me.us PGP ID: 409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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