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Re: I wish I had been wrong

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____/ Rex Ballard on Saturday 20 September 2008 23:09 : \____

> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/0ac483c4e370217f
> 
> In 2001:
> <quote>
> If the DOJ appears to place Microsoft "above the law", there may be
> reprecussions.  We have already seen at least 5 viruses that
> threatened
> millions of machines.  We've seen major exploits of Microosft's
> vulnerabilities in Melissa, I love you, and resume.
> 
> If Microsoft is perceived to be above the law, there may be those
> who take the law into their own hands.
> ...
> We now live in a world where cash is little more than "government
> green
> stamps", and the "Real Money" is the bits in the bank's corporate
> computers.
> We live in a world where SWIFT moves more cash in a few minutes than
> the
> government prints in an entire year.
> </quote>
> 
> In 2005:
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/486f6775cd19b986
> <quote>
> It seems like that "Compliance Officer" is completely asleep at the
> wheel.  If Microsoft is above the law, then there is no law, and the
> law can't be taken seriously.
> </quote>
> 
>
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/2a10e11ef9cbffd0?dmode=source
> 
> While I was focused on Bush's handling of Microsoft, it seems that
> Bush was also turning a blind eye to lots of other companies' illegal
> business practices. In other cases, they were just unethical or
> unsound.

Well, this way he could fight 'them' without having the American 'folks' worry
about the huge debt. The SEC must have taken a trip to Maui. They failed to
spot the issues in SCO just months before bankruptcy.

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