No, sorry but you are mistaken I never claimed you said:
" > Good. Serves 'em right for being stupid."
I was simply responding to the prior postl.
Stewart Stremler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: begin quoting Randall Shimizu as
of Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 04:02:21PM -0800:
> Stewart Stremler wrote:
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> Good. Serves 'em right for being stupid.
>
You lie. I did not say this:
> Well stupid seems like a oversimplification to me. There is a lot of
> IS people who don't realize the full ramifications of let's say
> Excheange which requires AD and then IIS for web access. They then
> discover that IE is required and which has then opened their
> environment to a bunch of viruses and worms.
Sadly all IT people are not of the same skill level.
IS people who didn't do the *minimum* research required before
adopting software?
Home users I can understand... they don't have the time or resources
to do more than a cursory investigation. But corporate users? When
even a *minimal* level of research would have revealed these things?
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> And?
>
Again, I didn't write this:
YOU ARE CORRECT I did...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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> AND.........Microsoft is using it's revenues that have been derived
> as direct result of it's monopolistic tactics to acquire other
> companies.
Microsoft used the revenues from it's monopolistic market share to acquire
companies.
Did M$ jack the prices on software through the roof when I wasn't
looking?
WRONG (http://www.cptech.org/ms/harm.html )
"In 1997, analysts said that Microsoft had a ninety-five percent share
of global revenues for sales of office suites. Microsoft Office has become
the global standard for word processing, spreadsheets and other desktop
productivity applications. The pricing for MS Office is high. Microsoft's
Office 2000 "standard" edition lists for $499, with a "street" price of $399.
Even an upgrade to Office 2000 Standard has a list price of $249, and a
discounted price of $195 - and this assumes you have already purchased the
Microsoft Office before.
The "premium" version of MS Office is now priced at $799, or $449 for
an upgrade version."
No? Then that's not the revenue derived as a result of
its (not it's, but its) monopolistic tactics.
They've got a crapload of money 'cuz lots of people gave it to 'em.
They write crappy software 'cuz people give 'em money to do so.
I don't dispute that they're predatory, and should be taken to task for
that. I don't dispute that they're unethical, and should be taken to
task for that as well (and people who support 'em are also being
unethical, but that's a separate argument). I don't dispute that they
lie, and should be slapped down once in awhile. I don't dispute that
they are bullies, and should have their fingers broken as a consequence.
But stop worrying about the monopoly thing. That time is done and past,
it went to court, and the prosecution purchased. Nothing more to be
done or said... so nail 'em for their real sins.
-Stewart "I blame the users" Stremler
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