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- From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: News on 2.1 Release
- Date: 23 Jan 1993 00:29:06 GMT
- Organization: The University of British Columbia
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- dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
-
- >upgrade. But Microsoft, who has actively chosen to block OS/2
- >whenever possible should not get a single penny off of it's sales.
- >It's completely unethical, and should be illegal, for a company to
- >make a profit off of a product they're trying to destroy. I object to
-
- I understand your position, but it is IBM who signed the agreemetn with
- MS. That they are now "enemies" is a historical "accident", but that's
- what agreements are for, to remove dealings from the vicissitudes of
- immediate emotions, etc.
- o you might get mad at IBM for signing such an agreement, and bemoan the
- fact, but it's no more Microsoft's fault than it is IBM's.
-