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- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!wingnut!philipla
- From: philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! : )
- Message-ID: <1993Jan01.191757.10168@microsoft.com>
- Date: 01 Jan 93 19:17:57 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1992Dec26.204958.11455@Celestial.COM> <1992Dec29.021003.4037@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1992Dec31.173757.926@Celestial.COM>
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- In article <1992Dec31.173757.926@Celestial.COM> ray@Celestial.COM (Ray Jones) writes:
- >In <1992Dec29.021003.4037@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman) writes:
- >
- >>In article <1992Dec26.204958.11455@Celestial.COM>, ray@Celestial.COM (Ray Jones) writes:
- >>|>
- >>|> NO-NO-NO It is not that they (the competitors) shot themselves in the foot.
- >>|> Microsoft shot them. That is why the FTC is getting into the act!
- >>|>
- >
- >>Stand by for some heavy-duty accusations....
- >
- >>|> They Cheat!
- >
- >>Hmmmnn....when I use the word "cheat" I mean either that you don't deliver
- >>what you promised to or that you steal something from me. When has Microsoft
- >>done either one?
- >
- >When they use the power of thier legal department to overpower smaller
- >companies and prevent them from competing with MS.
-
- Evidence, please. I've only seen Microsoft on the receiving
- end of this kind of litigation.
-
-
- >>|> they are bullies. That is the whole point.
- >
- >>Hmmmnnn...when I use the word "bully" I mean someone who uses physical force
- >>to try and get his/her way. When has Microsoft used physical force
- >>to get their way?
- >
- >See my previous post RE: "try that and we will sue you out of existance."
- >If that is not being a "bully" I don't know what is.
-
- I read your post, and it sounded like what you were doing was
- of questionable legality. If your company was so secure in what
- it was doing, why didn't it go to court?
- If Microsoft rightly sues another company for copyright violation
- or theft of intellectual property, that doesn't make them a bully.
- It makes them willing to stand up to criminals.
-
- -Phil
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- Note: Microsoft doesn't even _know_ that these are my opinions. So there.
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