Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 13:43:34 -0400 From: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MS poll Message-ID: <39412CC6.7E900235@mail.ptd.net> References: <3.0.6.32.20000602105141.008acbd0@mail85.pair.com> <3.0.6.32.20000609115136.008ff8a0@mail85.pair.com>
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"G. Adam Stanislav" wrote: > > At 05:08 09-06-2000 -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > > >On 02-Jun-00 G. Adam Stanislav wrote: > >> Just found this site <http://neworder.box.sk/>, which contains a poll on > >> whether Microsoft should be split. Here are the current results: > >> > >> [snip] > >> > >> Quite frankly, I'm surprised that the majority (56.9%) voted no. > > > >I'm not. For the average non-geek user, have a standardized, > >mostly easy-to-use interface is a good thing. Most users prefer > >point and click to a CLI. > > That's probably true. But that site is for geeks. That is why I was > surprised. Besides, the MS split is not about the interface. It is about > predatory business practices. How many of those votes against a breakup came from microsoft.com addresses? > The split should, theoretically, not hurt the interface. Perhaps it will > even help it since, again theoretically, there should be no more API > secrets, so, if anything, more programmers will write software for it. > > By the way, I have just revisited the site. Now they have 2838 total votes, > of which 49.4% is for the split, 46.2% against, 4.4% do not care. > > Of course, it's a moot point now: The judge hath spoken. I am more worried > about one possible scenario I saw on one of the major sites (either ZDNet, > or Wired, or one of those), namely the possibility of George W. becoming > President and dropping the suit while it's being on appeal. Don't forget that Judge Jackson is a Reagan appointee. Republicans don't automatically shut down anti-trust prosecutions. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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