Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 05 March 2007 01:10 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> __/ [ Linonut ] on Saturday 03 March 2007 18:20 \__
>>>
>>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Doug Mentohl belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>>>>
>>>>> From bradsi; Mon Feb 10 10:50:05 1992
>>>>> To: steveb
>>>>> Subject: Re: the message
>>>>> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 92 10:50:05 PST
>>>>>
>>>>> i am saying that we should either:
>>>>>
>>>>> b) put a kind gentle message in setup. like an incompatible tsr message,
>>>>> but not everytime the user starts windows.
>>>>> ..
>>>>> the most sensible thing from a development standpoint is to continue to
>>>>> build dependencies on msdos into windows.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/010807/PLEX_3506.pdf
>>>>
>>>> That's some technical discussion, isn't it?
>>>
>>> It's technical sabotage.
>>>
>>
>> It's great to have the proof out there, after so many years of paid
>> Windows trolls denying this stuff, to have it in black and white, from
>> an unimpeachable source, is fantastic.
>>
>> Even the snipped bit which showed the deliberate intent is very
>> important. This, btw, puts a complete stop to the billwg/amicus_curious
>> arguments, since this Microsoft memo can be quoted when required.
>
> Rex used to talk a lot about these sorts of things. At the time, I took it
> all with a grain of salt. HPT also mentioned something about WP
> incompatibilities (DLL collisions, IIRC). Back then, suggesting its
> deliberate would seem paranoid. Having read such memos and seen Vista in
> action (with *gasp* a stunning collection of 800 approved application, about
> 100 of which from Microsoft), dirty tricks should be assumed. It's just one
> among many memos used in Iowa to demonstrate this tactic.
>
I personally lived through and experienced the DRDOS illegal activities
by Microsoft, as well as the "dos ain't done till lotus won't run", and
the "netscape should be a jolting experience", and so on. There always
were far too many coincidences for it to be anything other than
deliberate sabotage by Microsoft.
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