Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 00:17:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Agemo Noraj <jaron@af-inet.net> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Slim <jallen@aviating.com>, Kevin Golding <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk>, Dan Look <dan@electriccheese.com>, <ITServices@cableinet.co.uk>, Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>, <joel2a@yahoo.com> Subject: RE: Microsoft bashers Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0108270009420.51378-100000@mail.af-inet.net> In-Reply-To: <001601c12e55$0d2f8340$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >I agree that there isn't anyting to be gained by bashing someone who >contributed to the buildup of the computer buisiness. > >However, there is definitely something to be gained by bashing someone who is >attempting to subvert the entire computer industry for their own ends. Wait a minute, Microsoft just started doing this recently? I bash Microsoft, becuase frankly theres little to credit them with. Any claims of wide-spread use, and ease of use are illusional. Apple had done this before, and if Microsoft wouldn't have conducted their tactics in the manner they had, I doubt anyone here would disagree with the proposal that technology would be much further advanced this day. Remember, since day one they have stolen code and technologies and named it their own. They made history selling IBM something they didn't even have, and immorally attained it. They have been in and out of court and hasn't won any significant case, and most of the time they offer settlements. Its in my deepest belief that due to the nature of the computer, whether Microsoft existed or not, we would still have an equivalent or better market as we do now. When you look at it, and the actions Microsoft has taken to gain the ground they have, I feel safe saying that becuase of Microsoft, computers aren't as advanced as they could be. Agemo Noraj -_-_-_-_-_ " What an excellent day for an exorcism. " _-_-_-_-_- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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