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- From: francis@ese.ogi.edu (Francis Moraes)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: Re: ftc and ms
- Message-ID: <47830@ogicse.ogi.edu>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 07:55:51 GMT
- Article-I.D.: ogicse.47830
- Sender: news@ogicse.ogi.edu
- Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute - Department of Env. Science and Eng.
- Lines: 17
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- helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman) writes:
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- [mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:]
- ]] And try refusing Microsoft's kind offer as a small systems reseller
- ]] and you'll be out of business. Gee, no coersion there; you can play
- ]] their way, be big enough to hit back, or not play at all.
- ]
- ]If you want to sell McDonald's hamburgers you'll have to sign an agreement that
- ]you won't sell Wendy's frosties from the same place. Is McDonald's using
- ]"force" or anticompetitive activities here to establish domination of the
- ]fast food industry? Please!!!!
-
- Please yourself! I can't just _decide_ to sell McDonald's hamburgers. Fast
- food chains are all either franchises or company owned. This has _nothing_
- to do with the issue at hand.
-
- Francis Moraes
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