From owner-freebsd-chat Wed May 20 14:50:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA23789 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 20 May 1998 13:55:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vixa.voyager.net (vixa.voyager.net [198.109.136.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA23625 for ; Wed, 20 May 1998 13:54:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kib@poboxes.com) Received: from kib ([209.153.178.194]) by vixa.voyager.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id QAA09839; Wed, 20 May 1998 16:53:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <021e01bd842f$694c9d80$023aa8c0@kib.kib.net> Reply-To: "Jason" From: "Jason" To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , "Amancio Hasty" Cc: "Gary Kline" , "Atipa" , Subject: Re: Why we should support Microsoft... Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 16:39:38 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >> another problem who's magnitude will be dwarfed by the problems >> resulting from its "solution" - just where does this stupidity end, >> anyway? Did we all just ingest a lot of lead paint chips in the 50's >> and 60's as children or what? :-) >> > >So what is your suggestion on how should the DOJ treat Microsoft business >pratice? > > > Amancio Well here's my opinion to the question even though it was not directed at me personally The DOJ should forget this whole Win98/IE4 thing. MS has a right to ship what it wants when it wants. The DOJ should look into things like: OEM licenses and MS using them to force OEMs to not install or customize things that consumers want. I mean its only appropriate that the OS be customizable by the OEM or the end user....but this does not mean working with the source or other copyrighted sections of the OS. Really nothing else the DOJ has said has any legal bearing on what MS has done. Jason To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message