someone in the group made the comment that why is'nt the justice dept looking into
this?
I think its not necessary, the mocking of the people can have greater impact than any
judicial
efforts...
its hard to make serious money if your seen as a "nazi-esque clown" by the majority of
society
bill gates fell hard by not keeping his pr people up on things
he felt that his kingdom here far from washington dc would protect hm
he was wrong
and the media and especially efforts and the awareness of those in the know like your
list
serve group are haveing an effect
what did you think of my idea for the honerific of webmaster/mistress?
rick
Kathy E. Gill wrote:
> i'd be laughing really, really hard if this wasn't so sad.
>
> i've said it before. am sure i'll say it again.
>
> MS could give lessons to George Orwell.
>
> Brent Eades wrote:
> >
> > I have been struck more than once by the parallels between MS business practices
> > and the Stalinist regime in the USSR earlier in the century: both brutal
>autocracies
> > brooking nary a hint of dissent; both with gulags where competing points of view go
> > (in the MS case it's called "licensing the other guy's software then burying it");
>and
> > so on.
> >
> > I've also noted the MS penchant for rewriting history a la Stalinists, as it suits
>their
> > devious purposes; so I wasn't especially surprised to find the following on the MS
> > Liquid Motion download page:
> >
> > * * *
> >
> > /Try & Buy - Convenient Free Trial/
> >
> > Microsoft is pleased to announce a new free trial method for customers who are
> > interested in Liquid Motion version 1.0. The product is only available from the
> > following participating resellers. Select a reseller to download your free version
>of
> > Microsoft Liquid Motion today!
> >
> > /About Try & Buy/
> >
> > The Try & Buy process is a new method of obtaining software on-line that lets you
> > download the full featured product, try it for up to 45 days, then purchase it if
>you
> > choose. In fact you can purchase the product at any time before, during, or after
> > the trial process. You purchase the product by entering your credit card into a
> > secure payment processing program right on your computer.
> >
> > etc etc
> >
> > * * *
> >
> > Now, I'm just a kinda low-key Canadian fellah from a small town, don't get out too
> > much, but I'm pretty darn sure I've heard of such a thing before -- think I've even
> > bought software this way before -- what's it called? Ummm... wait, I've got it...
> > yeah, *shareware*. That's it. Shareware.
> >
> > Sheesh.
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