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- From: helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! : )
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.193512.13588@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- References: <1992Dec21.002800.2739@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:35:12 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.002800.2739@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>, sjb5@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (STACY JOHN BEHRENS) writes:
- |> In article <1992Dec20.193959.250@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>, helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Ran
- |> dall A Helzerman) writes:
- |> >In article <1992Dec20.161118.6133@qucis.queensu.ca>, jardined@qucis.queensu.ca
- |> (Donald Jardine) writes:
- |>
- |> >Yes we do. How can anybody make any kind of case that the users of software
- |> >or hardware are being adversly affected?
- |>
- |> It isn't a case of the users being affected. (at least not directly) It is a
- |> case of the companies which compete with MS which are adversly affected.
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- I _still_ don't understand why anybody thinks that Microsoft has an obligation
- to make life easy for its competitors. Do you feel an obligation to reveal
- all of your trade secrets in order to make a "fair" playing field for
- _your_ competitors?
-