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Date:      Wed, 20 May 1998 23:38:17 +0100 (BST)
From:      Ben Cohen <bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk>
To:        John Brann <jbrann@brann.org>
Cc:        "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG>, jkh@time.cdrom.com, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, kline@tera.tera.com, freebsd@atipa.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why we should support Microsoft...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980520233236.266C-100000@bjc23.trin.cam.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <199805201942.PAA04067@freebie.brann.org>

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> > > > So what is your suggestion on how should the DOJ treat Microsoft business
> > > > pratice? 
> > > I recommend that the DOJ just leave Microsoft the hell alone.
> > [snip a lot about microsoft]
> > 
> > 	the DOJ should strive to break microsoft into two companies:
> > 	an operating system firm and an applications firm.  microsoft
> > 	uses its os to force applcations upon users.  microsoft
> > 	has stolen apps that it failed to write.  some of these
> > 	have been added to the os product package.
> > 
> [SNIP]

How about forcing MS to release their OS source code?  Perhaps under
a licence such as the Berkeley one or, I think more realistically,
something more like GPL.

Ben.



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