Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 03:13:42 -0700
From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com>
To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
Cc: Shannon Hendrix <shannon@widomaker.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Lets not bash Windows or M$ at every opportunity {was: FreeBSD and Microsoft}
Message-ID: <20010703031342.A3641@mooseriver.com>
In-Reply-To: <002901c103a5$188a79a0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>; from tedm@toybox.placo.com on Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 02:46:55AM -0700
References: <20010702121916.B17119@widomaker.com> <002901c103a5$188a79a0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 02:46:55AM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: [ DELETED ] > They won't die in the sense that the company will go bankrupt, I don't > think. > What will die is their MO of doing business. If they get hauled into trust > court again I think we will see the court become so exasperated that not > only will they issue tremendous fines but they will split the company 6 ways > to Sunday and bar > Bill Gates, and Steve Ballmer, and the rest of the upper exec staff from > even owning stock in any of the divested portfolios. In short, Microsoft > will become a > shadow of their former self. As it is right now, we still have all the rats > in one trap, which actually gives some advantages to the regulators as it's > easier to keep an eye on what they are doing. I disagree. If microsoft ever get dragged back into court on anti-trust charges they will do the same as they did this time and IBM did before them. Just stall & delay in court and pour money into the election campaign of the party, There is only one, and wait till a more business friendly administration comes to power. Then they will plea bargain the charges down to being rude in public and walk away scot free. The money they spent on lawyers will be written off on their taxes and they will continue on their merry way. Bottom line; the chance to nail microsoft has slipped away. There is no way the Bush administration is going to press forward with this. Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 4.3 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | www.bafug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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