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Re: Let's unite to destroy Microsoft!

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From: Chris Johnson
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 00:00
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In article <32DB26...@geocities.com>, ms-bo...@geocities.com wrote:
> My friends and I are tired of Microsoft's illegal chokehold on the
> computer industry, and we damn well don't want to see that move into the
> other businesses MS is trying to take over. We started The Microsoft
> Boycott Campaign to stop Bill Gates and his minions in their tracks, and
> we need as many members as possible to do that. All we want our members
> to do is not buy any Microsoft software (note I said buy, if you can get
> it by 'other means' feel free to do so)
   *snip*

   Strongly disagree. Widespread pirating of Microsoft products only
enhances their prevalence. Find alternatives, and actually buy them- help
support the rest of the industry, even if only in little ways.

   Jinx_tigr
   (aka Chris Johnson)
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From: jinx6568@sover.net.egg.sausage.and.spam (Chris Johnson)
Subject: Re: Let's unite to destroy Microsoft!
Date: 1997/01/22
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