From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Dec 20 09:26:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA01060 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 09:26:53 -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 JAA01053 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 09:26:50 -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 MAA00454; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 12:26:17 -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: <4.1.19981220122029.00c1a810@genesis.ispace.com> X-Sender: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 12:24:11 -0500 To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai , "Jordan K. Hubbard" From: Drew Baxter Subject: Re: This just in: Microsoft/Sears Merger Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Brett Glass In-Reply-To: References: <36409.914172594@zippy.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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