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Date:      Mon, 17 Apr 2000 10:22:56 -0700
From:      "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com>
To:        "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net>, "J McKitrick" <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: M$ anti-trust case
Message-ID:  <001201bfa891$92066480$021d85d1@youwant.to>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000417104107.0088ee50@mail85.pair.com>

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> It has hurt him in ways he does not realize. Your point about no developer
> wanting to compete is the key. How many times have I thought how
> I could do
> something better than what's out there, but why should I spend my own time
> and energy doing it when I know I'd be eaten alive by the sharks.

> It is so damn hard for the small guy to do anything in the software
> industry anymore! I used to be an extremely active software developer,
> introduced many products that spread around the world very fast, and that
> was before the Internet became so popular. For example, one day I posted a
> new program on a BBS in Pittsburgh, and the very next day I received
> Fidonet email about it from someone in Australia.

	So now Netscape and Sun are the small guys?!?!?! The Microsoft anti-trust
case is not about big versus small.

	DS



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