D I T H E R A T I for 7 November 2002 - DF quoted

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

For the record, the interview was a rather long one and I said that if MS
and Intel try to screw the world, it is up to the courts and legislatures to
stop them. If any of you ever got interviewed, you know what an editor can
do to a long quote -- chop and simplify it.

I standby the necessity of the governments to stop illegal behavior and to
define what illegal behavior is. That is why I testified in the MS case. One
can try the marketplace, but I have limited belief that it will react in a
way that stops poor behavior. (note the rapid growth of windows products and
the trial).

No amount of crying within the technical communities will do much unless
they can be translated into political/legal/marketing power.

Dave


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From: Owen Thomas <[mailto:owen () ditherati net]>
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Subject: D I T H E R A T I for 7 November 2002



       IN DOS WE TRUST

     "I have seen no signs that Microsoft and Intel are out to screw
     the world; and if they do screw the world, I think Congress will
     stop them."

         University of Pennsylvania professor David Farber, on how the
         only entity he trusts more than the Wintel duopoly is America's
         bicameral legislature, News.com, 7 November 2002

       http://news.com.com/2009-1001-964628.html

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