My thoughts are this:
This reconfirms my decision not to upgrade to XP!
(Though I use Linux whenever I can, most of my paying business is still MS.  
I've been kind of lazy about moving all my operations over to Penguin Land, 
but this kind of obnoxious behavior on Redmond's part is a strong motivator. )

Vaughn Treude
Nakota Software, Inc.
Custom Industrial Software Development


On Thursday 25 October 2001 19:25, you wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Matt Alexander wrote:
> > Look at the bigger picture and what Microsoft is trying to do.  I care
> > because I'm afraid it will eventually impact my use of the Internet (or
> > MS Internet, or .NET, or whatever it may be called in the future).
>
> Im in complete agreeance here ... the bigger picture is simply that MS
> again is taking away our freedom of choice ,, as all the computer people
> out there continue to let these issues slide the more and more MS will get
> their way.  If the anti-trust bs was going to do anything it would have
> done it by now.
>
> It would be a safe assumption that ms are getting their way with the
> current govournment as nothing has been done to halt this monopolizing
> scheme.
>
> I believe it is much the same as in the UK as the big corps and
> govournment treat the General Public like fools and that they do not
> accept that we freely think for ourselves..
>
> Freedom of choice is a given right why should we accept what is being
> forced upon us by a Computer Software Company that has failed to create a
> piece of software that has been 100% tested before release or has not
> required a service pack within the first 6 months.
>
> Whats your thoughts?
>
> Nigel Sollars
>
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