My vote is to do nothing and leave Microsoft alone. No one put a gun to anyone's head and said that they had to purchase a Microsoft product. No tobacco company got someone addicted to nicotine against their will. With the AOL/Time Warner merger, it will make them a much larger company than Microsoft and should provide some formidable competition. I like free software, but more importantly, I love free enterprise. I say, let the buying public decide, not a judge. There were no lawsuits by Sony when the VHS format (invented by JVC) beat out Betamax, even though Betamax was a better product. I say, let the market decide. Let the people decide. There are some Microsoft products that I do like. Microsoft gave me a free copy of Windows2000 Professional (see, they are getting into free software! :-) ) IMHO, it is the best OS that they have put out yet. But again, let the people decide. I DO NOT like Microsoft's businesses practices. I think Bill Gates' parents never taught him how to "play nice." But there are other companies that I don't like their business practices too. I purchased SuSE 6.3 (I will give all of the disks away free to anyone who wants them). For some reason, I could not get it to print. I never had that problem with any other brand of Linux. When I contacted customer service via e-mail concerning the issue, as a registered SuSE users, I was informed that basic customer service did not include the ability to make your computer able to print. I am sorry, but I think that printing is one of the main reasons PCs took off in the first place. I consider printing to be a "basic need" of an operating system. So I disagree. I think Microsoft should be scolded for predatory business practices, and that is that. Let the buyers decided. I guess I'm just too much a disciple of Milton Freedman economics. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Furmanek, Greg" To: Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 3:01 PM Subject: What shell we do with the Microsoft..... > I have great suggestion how to equalize the market MS > is monopolizing!!! > > Fine MS $15,000,000,000.00 and donate the money to > Free Software Foundation!!!! > > The Wolf > > _______________________________________________ > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >