They didn't "break the law", they just were not nice. Joe > -----Original Message----- > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Kevin > O'Connor > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 9:21 PM > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: What shell we do with the Microsoft..... > > > 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" > > 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > -- > 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) > > _______________________________________________ > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >