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____/ RonB on Sunday 07 Mar 2010 02:40 : \____
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> On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:06:32 -0500, Joel wrote:
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>> nessuno <nessuno7491@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>><Quote>
>>>"I have decided that we should not publish these [Windows 95 user
>>>interface]
>>>extensions. We should wait until we have a way to do a high level of
>>>integration
>>>that will be harder for likes of Notes, WordPerfect to achieve, and
>>>which will give
>>>Office a real advantageÂ. We can't compete with Lotus and WordPerfect/
>>>Novell
>>>without this.Â
>>>ÂBill Gates, Microsoft founder and then-CEO </Quote>
>>>
>>>http://www.ecis.eu/documents/Finalversion_Consumerchoicepaper.pdf
>>>
>>>Yep, it's all a bunch of crackpot conspiracy theories.
>>
>>
>> What's really funny is that you actually care about the commercial-
>> software wars, when you're supposedly all about open-source stuff. The
>> enemy of your enemy is your friend, except when it comes to using *any*
>> of their products. Microsoft is no better or worse than other
>> corporations in the industry. They have paid a price for any trivial
>> exploitation of the Windows monopoly. It's OLD NEWS.
>>
>> Get the fuck over it, flamer.
>
> A little too much truth for you? Yeah, sure Microsoft has "paid the price"
> -- a small slap on the wrist each time. Meanwhile they used their OS
> monopoly to corner the business applications market which makes almost as
> many billions a year as their OS. And this is how it got started, by
> withholding information that allowed their early Windows applications to
> work better than their competitors. Not exactly "winning on merits" is it?
Wow, watch the trolls/Muchkins screaming. nessuno must have hit the right points.
More, more, more!
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