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- From: philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! :)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.082147.20442@microsoft.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 08:21:47 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <BzHGFA.Boo@utdallas.edu> <LZB1VB6w165w@student.business.uwo.ca> <BzHuI8.Fo9@utdallas.edu>
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- In article <BzHuI8.Fo9@utdallas.edu> goyal@utdallas.edu (MOHIT K GOYAL) writes:
- >>[stuff about FTC's impending decision against Microsoft]
- >>
- >>The decision and its likely form have been more than strong rumours on
- >>the street for months now. Ho hum. Let's wait and see what
- >>happens, the street expectation is that it won't be anything important
- >>from an overall earnings impact perspective.
- >>
- >
- >What your brain failed to recognize was that the document I reposted here
- >is dated 12-18-92. It is the most current article on the case. Every
- >previous review could only guess whether or not the FCC would even find
- >MS is doing something wrong, much less what they would do.
-
- Go back and read the article you posted - it doesn't contain
- any facts at all - it merely repeats the same old rumors. The
- fact that Business Week is spreading those rumors doesn't make
- them any more factual.
- The FTC investigation is a _private_ matter. Business Week
- doesn't know what's going on. Neither does anyone posting about
- it to the net. Hell, I haven't a clue what direction the
- investigation is taking, and I work here.
- Eventually there will be some public announcement made by
- the FTC or Microsoft. Until then, all you're getting is gossip.
- And not particularly creative gossip at that.
-
- -Phil
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- Note: Microsoft doesn't even _know_ that these are my opinions. So there.
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