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Re: PLEASE STOP THE MAC AND MICROSOFT MESSAGES



Tom Zuchowski (tzuchow@ibm.net) wrote:

: Speak for yourself. I don't own a Mac, don't like using them, and possibly
: never will.

Bully for you.

: Microsoft is only trying to do what Apple has always done-- run the OS with
: an iron fist. If it was Apple that had 90% of the market, the DOJ would be
: busting them. Heck, they would have done it long before now. Apple has a
: long history of being a monopoly-wannabe. It was Apple's monopolistic
: behavior that handed the market to IBM in the first place.

This is a crock. Apple's OSes are easily extensible, and they've never tried
to tell anyone what components they can and can't use with 'em. Apple would
never have raised the ire of the DOJ as M$ has.

I have to chuckle when I hear Gates talk abou;how the government is trying
to stifle innovation. To my thinking, hearing him talk about innovation is
about the same as hearing the Pope talking about how to get women.
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