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- From: ray@Celestial.COM (Ray Jones)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! : )
- Organization: Celestial Software, Mercer Island, WA
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 16:10:04 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.161004.19950@Celestial.COM>
- References: <BzHGFA.Boo@utdallas.edu> <1992Dec20.052923.23904@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- In <1992Dec20.052923.23904@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman) writes:
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- >In article <BzHGFA.Boo@utdallas.edu>, goyal@utdallas.edu (MOHIT K GOYAL) writes:
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- >|> REDMOND, WASHINGTON, U.S.A., 1992 DEC 18 (NB) -- Business Week
- >|> magazine, in its December 28th issue, says FTC investigators have
- >|> concluded that the software company has engaged in anticompetitive
- >|> actions. The magazine also reports that the investigators are
- >|> preparing recommendations as to how to proceed against the company.
-
- >Well you can kiss American leadership in operating systems out goodbye.
- >Once the Federal Goverment starts trying to enforce "fairness" you know
- >its all over. No matter that the entire Japanese economy is structured
- >in an "anticompetitive" way. No matter that software is one of the last
- >remaining strong points of the American economy. No matter that American
- >programmers are trying to compete with programmers in Eastern Europe who
- >are thrilled to work for $300 a month. Nope--we've got to tear into and
- >destroy one of our strongest companies.
-
- >How Bill Gates runs his business is nobody's business but Bill Gates's.
-
- >|> Rival software companies have complained publicly and apparently to
- >|> the Federal Trade Commission that Microsoft uses "predatory
- >|> practices" in selling its operating systems.
-
- >Yep, that's the good ol' American way of doing business alright. If you can't
- >compete with someone, just get the Federal Goverment to break up their
- >company. The real "predatory practices" going on here are those vultures
- >of rival companies who are waiting to pick the bones of what's left of
- >Microsoft after the FTC's guts the carcass.
-
- You have not been a victem of Microsoft'a predatory practices. Just see
- what happens if you come up with a clever inovation that might really cut
- into thier profit. I have worked for such a company. We just talk to a few
- companies about what we wanted to do and within 30 days got a letter from
- the Microsoft legal department that said,
- "Just try it, and we will sue you out of existance."
- Our lawyer told us we were well with in our rights BUT we could not afford
- the legal assult. Two years later, Microsoft came out with the product.
- Nice gut, that Gates.
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