Perhaps Tom should try the google to find out who said knife the baby. On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Chris Dunford <seed...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto: > computerguy...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of tjpa > > Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 2:21 PM > > To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM > > Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Bill Gates saves the world...well some of it > > > So, the simple fact that it was NOT Gates who said this is of no > > > relevance. Acknowledging that it was an Apple guy, not an MS guy, > > > would interfere too much with MS-bashing. Can't have that. > > > > Not that the facts have anything to do with what Chris espouses... > > > > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, > > vs. > > MICROSOFT CORPORATION, Defendant. > > > > COURT'S FINDINGS OF FACT > > "106. In their discussions with Apple, Microsoft's representatives > > made it clear that, if Apple continued to market multimedia playback > > software for Windows 95 that presented a platform for content > > development, then Microsoft would enter the authoring business to > > ensure that those writing multimedia content for Windows 95 > > concentrated on Microsoft's APIs instead of Apple's. The Microsoft > > representatives further stated that, if Microsoft was compelled to > > develop and market authoring tools in competition with Apple, the > > technologies provided in those tools might very well be inconsistent > > with those provided by Apple's tools. Finally, the Microsoft > > executives warned, Microsoft would invest whatever resources were > > necessary to ensure that developers used its tools; its investment > > would not be constrained by the fact that authoring software generated > > only modest revenue." > > > > http://www.justice.gov/atr/cases/f3800/msjudgex.htm > > Gosh, I've looked everywhere in this for where Bill Gates or any other MS > representative said anything about knifing or babies, and I'm not finding > it. Perhaps you can locate it for me and give me the > page number. Thanks. > > But your larger point is accurate. Obviously MS's threat to write > multimedia authoring software, as displayed above, cry out for comparisons > between Bill Gates and Kim Il-Sung. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
