There was no FS before the merger, but jaws was still the biggest under the 
HJ name.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "matt V" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] the REAL cost of M$ Vista


>i resemble that remark lol
> i don't exactly care for alot of stuff microsoft does but hey, the other
> choice has no scrrenreader for the gui yet so we almost have to love and
> hate it at the same time maybe?
> and fs, they are only big because they took over the 3 companies and 
> before
> that, i never even thought there was or heard of them
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Walt Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 10:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [OT] the REAL cost of M$ Vista
>
>
>> Moreover, there is a _very_ large and active community that loves to bash
>> Microsoft at any opportunity and the release of a new operating system is
>> the best opportunity there is. It's exactly the same as with those who
>> habitually and automatically bash Freedom Scientific--when you're the
>> biggest kid on the playground, you have enemies just because you're big.
>> It's all meaningless chatter from the jealous, the ignorant, or those who
>> simply take pleasure in acting out.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 5:45 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OT] the REAL cost of M$ Vista
>>
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I tend not to get very concerned about these gloom and doom forecasts
>> about
>> new releases from Microsoft because I've seen them with every new
>> operating
>> system release going back all the way to good old MS-DOS 5.0 and they
>> practically NEVER pan out, so I'm at least skeptical at this point.
>> Having
>> said that, I think it is like everything else--you never want to be the
>> first or the last to buy any software package--the comfortable spot is
>> somewhere in the middle.
>>
>> Enough said.
>>
>> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>