Re: Boycott Microsoft Website

From: JustIn <seismic@geocities.com>

Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Sean Gwizdak wrote:
>
> I forsee the coming of an OS that will be able to use all of OS/2 apps, Windows
> apps,  and Unix apps.  It's bound to happen.  Some company will realize that this
> would be the only way to make a killing.  For now,  we just have to rely on System

QnX is the most promising OS I've ever seen...

> >
> >    MS is indeed a government supported monopoly because they
> > can get away with practices that would land Mom-and-Pop Shops
> > in jail, and start trade wars if done by foreign nations.

Definitely.  It's BIG MONEY power.  Capitalism has a price,
all-too-literally.  There are so many ways a profiteering gluttonous
company can suck the life out of development by standing on the
shoulders of someone else (or in Micro$oft's case, EVERYONE else).

>
> I think IBM is more government supported than Microsoft.  The school system, for
> example,  used to use nothing but IBM machinery.  They also always used PC-DOS.
> (This was for my state though.)  This was about four years ago,  and now I'm in
> high school.  (We don't see any of the new fancy computers,  only illiterate
> elementary schoolers see those!)

I thought that was Apple... 8)  But seriously, M$ has so much government
support *BECAUSE* it has so much money.  This is the end-all...
everything else is so much cream.

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References

Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
mcgrath@epx.cis.umn.edu (Michael David McGrath)
Sat, 22 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
"Dennis Moran" <coolio@coolio9.com>
Sat, 22 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
mcgrath@epx.cis.umn.edu (Michael David McGrath)
Sun, 23 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
Andy Bober <muajb2@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>
Thu, 27 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Boycott Microsoft Website
Jack Teh <jteh@usthk.ust.hk>
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
Chris Lomont <clomont@omni.cc.purdue.edu>
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
Rodger Coglan <rodger-@-oup-usa.org>
Tue, 25 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
curtis cameron <curtisc1@remove.airmail.net>
Thu, 27 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
Sean Gwizdak <wazm@bellsouth.net>
Thu, 27 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
Arandir <arandir@gonetgo.com>
Sat, 29 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
Sean Gwizdak <wazm@bellsouth.net>
Sat, 29 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
mcgrath@epx.cis.umn.edu (Michael David McGrath)
Sat, 22 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
"Dennis Moran" <coolio@coolio9.com>
Sat, 22 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
mcgrath@epx.cis.umn.edu (Michael David McGrath)
Sun, 23 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
Andy Bober <muajb2@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>
Thu, 27 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Boycott Microsoft Website
Jack Teh <jteh@usthk.ust.hk>
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
Chris Lomont <clomont@omni.cc.purdue.edu>
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
Rodger Coglan <rodger-@-oup-usa.org>
Tue, 25 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
curtis cameron <curtisc1@remove.airmail.net>
Thu, 27 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
Sean Gwizdak <wazm@bellsouth.net>
Thu, 27 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
Arandir <arandir@gonetgo.com>
Sat, 29 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
Sean Gwizdak <wazm@bellsouth.net>
Sat, 29 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000