Re: A Tale of Two Apples

[mportune@telerama.com (Matt Portune)]

In article <19971031180959512972@slip129-37-106-67.wa.us.ibm.net>, bjblackbear@ibm.net (B.J. Major) wrote:
>Too bad you don't really see what's happening in the software
>marketplace, not just in the U.S., but world-wide--or you'd never say
>such a thing.

Yup, that's it.  Hey Mitch, you and I are totally blind and naive.  BJ figured 
the whole thing out.

>And no one *but yourself* is comparing boycotting Microsoft to achieving
>world peace or the elimination of nuclear weapons, saving the rainforest
>or any other such noble cause.  But the protection of the consumer
>market from monopolies such as this one is important, and not fantasy.
>The easiest way for a giant to take over is for everyone to sit back and
>do nothing.

He wasn't comparing them, he was telling you to focus your energy on something 
worthwhile.  Or to put it my way, get a life.  Of course, we don't expect you 
to comprehend such difficult phrasing.  :P


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