Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 07:50:46 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Cc: chuckr@glue.umd.edu, dufault@hda.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FW: Unix Gurus shift to Microsoft (fwd) Message-ID: <199704091450.HAA23518@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970408185120.00b162c0@etinc.com> from "dennis" at Apr 8, 97 06:51:23 pm
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dennis wrote: > bunk....mom and pop were happy with AT&T..it took sprint and mci and ibm > to get attention. The Justice dept (I thought Justice== courts???) still > doesnt congress and teh executive are moved by either a large public outcry or large corportate outcry, everything else is projects for local consituents (inlcuding beoing ;) or junketing The Justice dept is *not* the courts. The Justice dept is part of the executive branch. the courts are the judicial branch. congress is the legislative branch. teh consitution was designed, purposely, to create friction and conflict (checks and balances) between the three branches of gov't. (dont their teach *any* civics anymore?) suggested reading: the constitution the federalist papers by james madision, he later became president > understand the AT&T breakup, and they never will probably, but the impact of > microsoft is MUCH more damaging than AT&T. AT&T, at least, was doing good > things, microsoft is a vulture. standard oil was broken up creating esso (exxon), sohio, and several other companies. microsfot may yet meet the same fate, especially if they branch into hardware. hardware/software is a distinction that is much clerer to people than applications/os. <insert smilies and humor as required> jmb
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