On Sat, 8 Apr 2000, Petro wrote:
Choate wrote:
The only relevant question is whether they used force--in
this case the force of government to do this. In this case the answer
is "sometimes".
At what point did MS threaten the force of government? They certainly
threatened civil action
Reeses Peices:
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He had good hair for a man his age.
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If the courts started interpreting the Second Amendment the way they interpret
the
Reese wrote:
that's the point: last year.
No, the point is that whatever monopoly M$ might have tried to bring to
fruition, if they even did, is crumbling by simple virtue of the market
economy moving in a direction M$ can't go.
may I remind you that "last year" means: the year the lawsuit
At 10:24 AM 07/04/00 +0200, Tom Vogt wrote:
Reese wrote:
that's the point: last year.
No, the point is that whatever monopoly M$ might have tried to bring to
fruition, if they even did, is crumbling by simple virtue of the market
economy moving in a direction M$ can't go.
may I remind you
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From: Tom Vogt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
it's been amusing to follow these personal attacks. a few years ago,
I've been branded as a nazi, now I'm a socialist - all by people I've
never met and who haven't read anything by me but a couple mails. funny.
I'm sure others will point
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From: David Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
An interesting aside to this: If the average person isn't a little
mentally deficient in this regard, how are the sales of books like
"Word for Dummies" (or "Linux for Dummies" for that matter) and
"Windows 98 for Dummies" explained?
At 11:46 AM 06/04/00 +0200, Tom Vogt wrote:
Reese wrote:
get real. while there are no guns involved, and thus the word "force"
might be debatable, the amount of choice available to a) end-users and
b) resellers is far from what it would be in a theoretical free market.
Dell started
Tim May wrote:
It isn't forced on everyone. I don't have or use Windows. (At least
not since the execrable 1.0).
Get your facts straight.
get real. while there are no guns involved, and thus the word "force"
might be debatable, the amount of choice available to a) end-users and
b) resellers
At 05:52 AM 4/5/00 -0400, Tom Vogt wrote:
get real. while there are no guns involved, and thus the word "force"
might be debatable, the amount of choice available to a) end-users and
b) resellers is far from what it would be in a theoretical free market.
News flash: the universe doesn't owe you
At 07:50 AM 4/5/00 -0400, Jim Choate wrote:
Microsoft for years has done everything they can do eliminate or delay
competition.
So who doesn't? Eat or be eaten. Responsibility is to
investors.
The sole intent is to reduce the actual number of options
available to the consumer.
The sole
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