From owner-freebsd-chat Tue May 19 11:38:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA14711 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 19 May 1998 11:38:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gershwin.tera.com (gershwin.tera.com [207.224.230.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA14624 for ; Tue, 19 May 1998 11:37:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tera.tera.com) Received: from athena.tera.com (athena.tera.com [207.224.230.127]) by gershwin.tera.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA15568; Tue, 19 May 1998 11:37:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Kline Received: (from kline@localhost) by athena.tera.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA17231; Tue, 19 May 1998 11:37:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199805191837.LAA17231@athena.tera.com> Subject: Re: Why we should support Microsoft... In-Reply-To: from Atipa at "May 18, 98 06:57:55 pm" To: freebsd@atipa.com (Atipa) Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 11:37:15 -0700 (PDT) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL23 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [[ ... ]] > > > > Frankly, putting IE into Win95 was the next logical step for Microsoft > > to make and I applaud Bill for having the guts to give the government > > the finger on this one. This government has no business saying what > > Microsoft can or cannot put into its software products and they have > > no business saying what can go into MY products either. I'm at least > > smart enough to see that I can't argue for my freedom and deny > > Microsoft's without becoming a complete hypocrite in the process. > > That's well and good, Jordan, but what M$ overloads into their OS isn't the crux of the matter. What is is how Microsoft forces vendors to handle only their products. The case is not about how one corporation has such a significant part of the market, but in how they _got_ there. Mobsters aren't the only ones to use brass knuckles. gary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message