From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Dec 20 07:41:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA20725 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 07:41:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us [169.244.111.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA20719 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 07:41:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) Received: from celeris (56k-port4018.ime.net [209.90.195.28]) by Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (8.9.1/8.8.8-Loki) with SMTP id KAA27748; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 10:41:09 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) X-Server-ID: Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us, OCSNet - Orland Maine USA X-Coord-Name: Drew "Droobie" Baxter, OneNetwork Exchange X-Coord-Addr: Droobie@Openlink.orland.me.us X-Coord-Pager: USA: 207-471-2719, http://pagedroo.orland.me.us Message-Id: <4.1.19981220103552.00c013e0@genesis.ispace.com> X-Sender: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 10:38:58 -0500 To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai , Brett Glass From: Drew Baxter Subject: RE: This just in: Microsoft/Sears Merger Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <4.1.19981219173154.06b97f10@mail.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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