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Re: Let's unite to destroy Microsoft!

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From: John Druishan
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 00:00
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In alt.2600 Ian Lynch <i...@ianlynch.demon.co.uk> wrote:
: John E Spence <jesp...@epix.net> wrote:

: > Microsoft brought excellence to the workplace when there was no
: > competition. 

: Hang on a minute, when did they do this? With DOS on the first PCs?
: They actually brought mediocrity at a time when there were better
: solutions but nobody got sacked for buying IBM. Since then you might
: argue they have improved and now produce some excellent products -
: that's debateable but you have to see M$ products in comparison with
: other products on other platforms developed on far smaller budgets and
: then say objectively that they are excellent. To me many are not too
: bad but hardly excellent. Objective enough?

: > Please quiet you spleens and try to be constructive with your criticism.
: > You will live longer.

: I intend to live for quite a while yet thanks :-)

: Does being constructive mean I have to agree with you?

: -- 
: Ian
We should destroy microsoft, they bought all their products from other 
companies and slapped their name on it. now with the power they have they 
literaly force their products up your ass. look at win95, there's not a 
single new product that doesn't run only on win95, some exceptions
plus bill gates the third is the anti-christ, his name in ascii numbers 
totals up to 666
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From: John Druishan <lu...@winternet.com>
Subject: Re: Let's unite to destroy Microsoft!
Date: 1997/01/25
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