On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:42:49 -0800 (PST), 1001 Webs
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>On Feb 28, 10:34 pm, Tony <nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> 1001 Webs wrote:
>> > On Feb 28, 1:07 am, Tony <nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >> 1001 Webs wrote:
>> >>> On Feb 27, 12:06 am, canadafred <canadian_...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >>>> On Feb 26, 10:32 am, 1001 Webs <1001w...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >>>> Hopefully Microsoft will eventually succeed in acquiring Yahoo.
>> >>> It won't work.
>> >>> And it won't because Microsoft will apply the same tactics that it
has
>> >>> applied to gain dominance over the PC market, i.e. trying to force
>> >>> every user to use their software.
>> >> MS gained dominance over the PC market because of shrewd marketing.
They
>> >> didn't FORCE anyone to use their software. They just made it REALLY
easy.
>>
>> > I would rephrase that statement.
>> > They just made it REALLY difficult to not use their software.
>>
>> I never had a problem. Sorry you found it so hard, but I'd say that
>> speaks more for your own issues than anything Microsoft did.
>Never had a problem.???
>Then you should be included in the Guiness Book of Records.
>
>> > Remember when Firefox didn't exist?
>>
>> Yes. Do you?
>Yes, I was using Netscape.
>
>> > Microsoft is also known for "shrewd" tactics against the competition.
>>
>> Microsoft is a business, not a charity.
>>
>> > Remember RedHat?
>>
>> Yes. They seem to be doing ok today.
>They're not doing ok.
>They were doing far better before.
>
>> > You probably don't remember the Amiga, the best computing platform
>> > ever.
>>
>> I remember the Amiga. Are you actually claiming that the Amiga was
>> better than anything offered today?
>The Amiga had Playstations in the market as far back as 1991, with the
>Amiga CDTV, one of the first computers to come with a CD-ROM drive as
>standard. The CDTV was designed and marketed as a set-top box to go
>along with one's VCR and be used as a CD-player and games console.
>I've seen versions of many of the video games being played today on
>the latest gadgetry that are unequivocally Amigan.
>
>The Amiga is still alive, even though no one is investing on it,
>mainly because legal impediments related to copyright issues:
>It has been in that state for a loooong number of years.
>If the Amiga were to sue all companies that are illegally reusing
>their code (among which Microsoft is one of the worst offenders) they
>would make billions. So after all , maybe it's not just bad luck that
>they are stuck in such a hopeless legal mesh.
>http://magikomputer.blogspot.com/2005/11/curse-of-amiga.html
>
>But in spite of all that, it keeps going and has a pretty decent and
>recently upgraded OS that has very little to envy from the likes of
>Vista or Mac OSX.
>
>And guess what, Microsoft is using AmigaAnywhere 2 currently to run
>under Windows proper, Windows Mobile, Linux for PCs and Linux for
>embedded systems. A Mac OS X version is on its way, as well as a
>Symbian version.
>http://magikomputer.blogspot.com/2008/01/amigaanywhere-at-ces-2008.html
>
>
>> > Rupert Murdoch once said that if Bill Gates saw a competitor drowning
>> > he would probably insert a water hose down his throat just to make
>> > sure.
>>
>> Again, Microsoft is a business, not a charity. You seem to think it
>> should be a charity.
>
>No one is saying that you have to be a charity organization in order
>to make business.
>But you have to play fair. Or at least you're supposed to.
>Microsoft started up by reusing other people's code and charging for
>it without attributing the original source.
>Later on, it copied the graphical interface of the Mac to develop
>Windows.
>And it went on by suing anyone who tried to use ****tions of the code
>they had themselves stolen.
Stolen? I think they were allowed to take it, actually, from Xerox.
>You might think that to behave in that manner is alright, that Life
>isn't fair after all and that hacking, stealing and playing dirty is
>what is all about.
>I don't think so. I don't know for certain whether there is anything
>beyond this Life, but my guess is that we all get to be made
>accountable for our actions.
O Gawd...
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