Re: Let's unite to destroy Microsoft!

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From: Chris Raymond
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 00:00

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Okay,

The competition is not there primarily because whenever any small company
with big ideas starts to threaten to actually erode market share, M$ moves
to crush them.  Latest example:  Netscape.  

Software patents also play a part.  UNless you have hot and cold running 
lawyers, M$ can back you into a corner and force you to "license" at
ruinous prices.  Check with the Free Software Foundation for the history 
of this, and some nice "bad examples".  Stallman's credibility is 
massively greater than mine!

Chris Raymond 

On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Steve wrote:

> > 
> > You idiot. You're saying that MS stuff is good enough to use but not good
> > enough to pay for!? Even Bill Gates started off as a spotty geek trying to
> > flog his programs, and advocating theft is not the best way to go about this
> > ill-thought out campaign.
> 
> Personally, I would love to use a competitor's software, I would pay for
> it. But where is 
> all the competition. They cannot compete against MS. There must be some
> reason why there is no serious 
> competition - we all know it can't be because MS offers exception
> quality/service/price, so it must be 
> something else...... 
> -- 
> steve
> 
> Most sigs are crap. This is no exception. Sorry
> 
>

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