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- From: helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! : )
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.201544.27892@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 20:15:44 GMT
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- In article <8248@lib.tmc.edu>, jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard) writes:
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- |> There's a difference between trying to grab a piece of the pie honestly and
- |> doing it by sleazy, underhanded, anticompetitive practices such as are MS'
- |> stock in trade.
- |>
- |> >*sigh* Dudes, offering two different choices to a buyer isn't force.
- |>
- |> Seriously, are you trying to go to work for MS? You've completely ignored all
- |> the arguments here that say that what MS is offering isn't a choice, it's a
- |> sham. They've apparently deluded you into thinking there's a choice.
-
- I have ignored every argument based on name-calling--simply labeling something
- "sleazy, underhanded, etc" doesn't make it so.
-
- |> >I would advise you to look at the practices of your own company. You'll
- |> >probably find many many examples of where your company does the same thing.
- |>
- |> My university doesn't have practices, as I'm sure our students will attest.
-
- Does your university give a volume discount for credits? Mine does. At
- Purdue, You pay per credit hour until you reach 16 credits, and anything
- above 16 is free.
-
- They essentially have forced me into only taking credits from Purdue because
- they won't count credits from other universities and I don't have the time
- to study at more than one anyways.
-
- Are they guilty of "sleazy, underhanded, anticompetitive practices?"
-