JTK wrote: > Patrick Gallagher wrote: > >> JTK wrote: > > > [snip] > > [PS: WHY DOES HITTING ENTER *STILL* DOUBLE-SPACE EVERYTHING, GOD!] > >>> Yeah whatever. I fully expect AOL to drop the suit in a month or so >>> now that they see the non-reaction it's getting. >> >> >> >> Pipe dream? > > > Your words. Well said, but your words. > >> Much of the antitrust case that MS just lost > > > See, I keep hearing that they "lost" too. What did they lose exactly? > There's still a single Microsoft Inc., right? Still nobody willing to > compete with them, right?
Linux is gaining ground (and has a nice footing in the server market) Mozilla will probably pose a challenge, esp. if AOL backs it up Apple is pretty much holding a niche market, but OS X is actually a hell of a lot more prettier than XP. The boxes are too (no comments on this please =) > > >> was based on their behavior towards Netscape Communications - which >> is the violation that actually got them convicted of monopoly abuse. > > > Don't "convictions" usually result in "sentencing"? There's been > nothing like that in this case, at least that I've noticed. Result of a wussy government. No, really, it is. > > >> Seeking private damages against a sealed conviction in this case >> would be simple even if the entire jury was MS employees - because >> the conviction has already happened. >> > > So they can just show up at the courthouse and say "gimme my money!" > Great! Oh, wait, no, they have to show how their own complete and > utter ineptness was somehow Microsoft's fault. They gonna drag in > Mozilla's stinking carcass as Exhibit A? > >> Netscape may have made mistakes along the way, but thise mistakes >> were the equivelant of stalling a car... unfortunately, a Sherman >> Tank named Microsoft was on their tail, and crushed them before they >> could recover - using illegal tactics. Fortunately AOL bought the >> company and provided funding so they could continue their work, > > > Correction - so *YOU* could continue their work. Didn't quite work > out how they thought it would, so now they're going to punt. > >> so the biggest damage done was forcing Netscape to lose all >> independence. >> > > BAHAHHAAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! > > Wowzers, THERE'S one I hadn't heard before: Blaming *Microsoft* for > AOL buying Netscape! > > Is Microsoft responsible for the death of the dinosaurs as well!?!? > The animals I mean, not the companies that refuse to produce a > competitive product and die because of it. > >> Patrick >> > > -- Albert "We must have a better word than 'prefabricated'. Why not 'ready-made'?" --Winston Churchill If sending email, remove the obvious spam-preventer from my email address.
