as noted before, in some quarters, an automatic appology for any ms
activity, legal or not and of any dubious moral nature can be forgiven;
especially that it has now been given the all covering blessing of the
sacred bottom line in the following post.

Someone thus scribed:

>Not to belabor the point but we could turn it around and just call the
>other guys jealous.  It's long past time to stop throwing stones and
>kiss and make up or drive them out of the market place whatever but
>either side which has it's share of bending the facts to suite is not
>getting us anywhere.  I have been running this os for around a year and
>While it does have its detractions, when you consider What is going on
>and what is going on elsewhere, this is a leap forward in many ways.  Ms
>and fs are not the only companies that seek the highest ground possible
>and surely not the first or the last to eat the dogs in this dog eat dog
>world.  I don't condone actions but on a smaller scale, most of us as
>human beings do this to survive.  Whether we eat plants or animals or
>something in between, something gets eaten and we do what needs to be
>done from our perspectave to survive and grow stronger.
>Peace!!!
>May gnu rain!!!
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dan Dunfee" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 8:12 AM
>Subject: Re: windows xp like tourist trap, cm says.
>
>
>No, a repeat of the kind of mercenary marketing and product manipulation
>that got them convicted as a monopoly.  ms wants to control your access
>to
>computing to the exclusion of other software providers, plain and
>simple.  One can always count on a ms apologist spin from certain
>quarters.
>
>Someone thus scribed:
>
>>a bit of an overstatement.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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