The buying public doesn't 'decide' ... They follow like lemmings.

Microsoft has broken the law. There are penalties for that.

Kevin O

"Mark R. Myers" wrote:
> 
> 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" <Greg.Furmanek@hit.cendant.com>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> 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
> >
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-- 
Kevin O'Connor

"Waving away a cloud of smoke, I look up, and am blinded by a bright,
white
light. It's God. No, not Richard Stallman, or Linus Torvalds, but God.
In
a booming voice, He says: "THIS IS A SIGN. USE LINUX, THE FREE UNIX
SYSTEM
FOR THE 386."
(Matt Welsh)