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Re: Microslosh vision of the future


From: William Warren <hescominsoon () adelphia net>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:41:29 -0400


StarOffice to the rescue.

David Howe wrote:

at Monday, August 12, 2002 2:17 AM, David Schwartz
<davids () webmaster com> was seen to say:
Microsoft can have whatever vision of the future they want and can
use any resources at their disposal to bring their vision to light.
Everybody has that right.
Nope, monopolies don't - the rules for a monopoly are tighter for the
very good reason the customer *can't* go somewhere else, he has to
decide to buy from them or go without (and in a world where not
accepting MS-formatted documents can lock you out of contracts you need
to keep in business, the pressure to go with the crowd is very high
indeed.
There *is* a gun pointed at their head, but it is financial (and smoking
:)



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judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith 
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