At 10:24 AM 07/04/00 +0200, Tom Vogt wrote:
>Reese wrote:
>> >that's the point: last year.
>>
>> No, the point is that whatever monopoly M$ might have tried to bring to
>> fruition, if they even did, is crumbling by simple virtue of the market
>> economy moving in a direction M$ can't go.
>
>may I remind you that "last year" means: the year the lawsuit was
>running ?
>
>several of the statements made by witnesses during the trial clearly
>show fear.
Phuii. Last year and last year coinciding are all the more reason to see
the Just Us actions as a swat down rather than as a monopoly prosecution.
Phuii. Define "fear", in a federal courtroom.
>do we agree that there IS a limit, somewhere? that, say, M$ putting guns
>to the heads of the dell CEO saying "use windoze or we shoot" would have
>warranted police/government interference?
Is there any evidence to support M$ performing this unnatural act, at the
expense of the Dell shareholders? Are the Dell shareholders complaining,
or is it just the Nutscrape weinies bitching about Exploder?
>if you agree on that, all our differences are about defining where the
>line is. if you don't agree on that, you'll have to accept that I
>consider you a maniac and/or fanatic.
Or the alternative, that you are the manic and/or fanatic. Can we agree
that if M$ violated any laws, those laws were unconstitutional in the first
place?
Reese
