From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Apr 17 10:23: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from shell.webmaster.com (mail.webmaster.com [209.133.28.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1E6C37BB43 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 10:22:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from davids@webmaster.com) Received: from whenever ([209.133.29.2]) by shell.webmaster.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-12345L500S10000V35) with SMTP id com; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 10:22:56 -0700 From: "David Schwartz" To: "G. Adam Stanislav" , "J McKitrick" , Subject: RE: M$ anti-trust case Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 10:22:56 -0700 Message-ID: <001201bfa891$92066480$021d85d1@youwant.to> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2377.0 In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000417104107.0088ee50@mail85.pair.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4029.2901 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > It has hurt him in ways he does not realize. Your point about no developer > wanting to compete is the key. How many times have I thought how > I could do > something better than what's out there, but why should I spend my own time > and energy doing it when I know I'd be eaten alive by the sharks. > It is so damn hard for the small guy to do anything in the software > industry anymore! I used to be an extremely active software developer, > introduced many products that spread around the world very fast, and that > was before the Internet became so popular. For example, one day I posted a > new program on a BBS in Pittsburgh, and the very next day I received > Fidonet email about it from someone in Australia. So now Netscape and Sun are the small guys?!?!?! The Microsoft anti-trust case is not about big versus small. DS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message