On Tuesday 30 April 2002 12:01 am, you wrote: > daRcmaTTeR wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, silkythreads wrote: > >> And I'll take this bet !!! > >> > >> It's a "very little known fact" that the government got exactly what > >> it wanted from Microsoft during the bru-haha.... do you really think MS > >> didn't do for the US Gov what they told them to do or else. True, MS > >> got some return but ....... the government got it's monies worth and the > >> "people" are paying the "real" price without even knowing it and MS gets > >> to rule supreme. > >> > >>http://silkythreads.com// > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: Jim Dawson > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 12:58 PM > >> Subject: Re: Re: [expert] Linux for Kids > >> > >> > >> Who wants to bet that if several competing computer companies were to > >> form a coalition to compete more effectively against Microsoft, Bill > >> Gates and/or Steve Balmer would get the heads of the Justice Department, > >> Department of Commerce, etc. on the phone and DEMAND that it be shut > >> down on antitrust grounds. > > > > man! those guys are just plain mud-sucking evul :\ > > Ya, and our government seems to be no better. Has anyone here ever did > some IT work for our government? The .gov domain is ran entirely on > NT/2000 servers across a Cisco backbone. Now this really makes a lot of > sense (sarcasm). Our government puts up a feckless fight in court while > all the time using Microsoft crap. Go figure.... > > Dr John, > The Night Tripper
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