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- From: robertre@microsoft.com (Robert Reichel ms2)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! :)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.223003.11531@microsoft.com>
- Date: 25 Dec 92 22:30:03 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corp.
- References: <1992Dec20.052923.23904@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1992Dec22.023401.25792@spang.Camosun.BC.CA>
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- In article <1992Dec22.023401.25792@spang.Camosun.BC.CA> dbarker@spang.Camosun.BC.CA (Deryk Barker) writes:
- >No - MS's way of doing business is the "good ol' American way". Look
- >at the early history of IBM, look at the way ITT has behaved in the world.
-
- Why not look at the current history of IBM: stock price at a 20 year low,
- forced layoffs, massive writeoffs, talk of a cut in the sacred dividend.
- And this is the company that was harrassed for over 10 years by the government
- for anti-trust violations, with nothing but a huge waste of taxpayer
- money to show for the effort. IBM didn't change its business practices
- one iota.
-
- The fact that a company who once totally dominated its industry could
- fall on the hard times that IBM has is proof enough that the market
- takes care of itself, without any "help" from the government.
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- Not even close to being a Microsoft spokesperson.
- Don't believe a word I say.
- Robert Reichel, {decvax,uunet,uw-beaver}!microsoft!robertre
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