Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 12:24:11 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Subject: Re: This just in: Microsoft/Sears Merger Message-ID: <4.1.19981220122029.00c1a810@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.981220182348.asmodai@wxs.nl> References: <36409.914172594@zippy.cdrom.com>
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At 06:23 PM 12/20/98 +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: >On 20-Dec-98 Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >>> 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. >> >> Why is it that nobody seems to have read far enough into Brett's >> posting to see that he openly admitted it was a flagrantly bogus >> press release and merely satirical? > >*grinning sheepishly* > >Weren't we discussing hypothetical situations regarding MS FUD's techniques >and acquirements then? > >(Was that convincing enough? =) Ahh you say bogus now, but for every blantant lie, there's a shred of truth don't you know.. Microsoft's going to have to do something to combat Sun/AOL's little 350 million dollar ECommerce deal. Let alone AOL's shopping plaza, AOL's MyNews Service, and many other things. Either they'll buy a store, or they'll build one. --- 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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