At 10:52 AM -0400 4/6/00, Tom Vogt wrote: >David Honig wrote: >> >Oh, Ignore that guy stabbing the supplier in the back with a knife while >> >he steals money out of his pocket and distracts the customer with flashy >> >lights and loud noises (and the occassional blackmail attempt). >> >> I don't think MS ever used violence, or the threat of it. >> Ergo, it ain't nobody's business what they do. > >if you are a company, then going bancrupt is the equivalence of dying. >someone threatening you - overt or implied - with driving you out of >business is the equivalent of a murder threat, right? You're being foolish. --Tim May -- ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 831-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, "Cyphernomicon" | black markets, collapse of governments.