After takin' a swig o' grog, Erik Funkenbusch belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
> On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:55:24 -0500, Terry Porter wrote:
>> On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:38:00 -0400, Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Apart from the 1999 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF
>>>> COLUMBIA finding of fact :-
>>>
>>> Geez Terry, are you really that stupid?
>>
>> <snip Eriks Wintroll fantasies>
>>
>> I suggest the casual reader check out the following article to determine
>> whether Microsoft has been found guilty of abusing their monopoly
>> position, instead of listening to a well know Wintrolls historical
>> fantasies:-
>>
>> http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f3800/msjudgex.htm
>
> I suggest, Terry, that you stop twisting facts.
>
> So you're seriously going to pretend that it's fantasy that AOL paid $5
> Billion dollars for Netscape in 1998? Are you serious? It's fact, Terry.
>
> You're the one living in fantasy land.
>
> And again, you seem incapable of understanding simple english. I did not
> deny that Microsoft was found guilty of anti-competitive behavior. I even
> said as much that they were. My comments were about the difference between
> anti-competitive behavior and actually blocked competition.
Who's twisting, Erik?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Communications_Corporation
America Online (AOL) on November 24, 1998 announced it would acquire
Netscape Communications in a tax-free stock-swap valued at US$4.2 billion
at the time of the announcement.
I wonder why AOL wanted Netscape, anyway?
After the Microsoft antitrust case found that Microsoft held and had
abused monopoly power, AOL filed suit against it for damages.[16] This
suit was settled in May 2003 when Microsoft paid US $750 million to AOL
and agreed to share some technologies, including granting AOL a license
to use and distribute Internet Explorer royalty-free for seven
years.[17][18] This was considered to be the death knell for Netscape.
On July 15, 2003, Time Warner (formerly AOL Time Warner) disbanded
Netscape.
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