In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Peter T. Breuer wrote:
>> In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>Microsoft was not going to let a business
>>> parasitically use Wind
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Microsoft was not going to let a business
> parasitically use Windows to build a business that touted the advantages of
> competing products.
Well, it should have, because that's what manufacturers of op
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However, both a finding of "yes, Microsoft had a monopoly" and a
> finding of "no, Microsoft did not have a monopoly" would both have been
> within the trial court's discretion.
Well, of course, and they said YES (as a
In comp.os.linux.misc Roedy Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 3. Maytag makes the machines. In the computer instance, we at CMP
> custom build the computers. Microsoft have no business telling me what
> to do when they supplied only one component. I could not even sell a
> BARE computer.
I'm a
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> . Microsoft said you can sell Windows and other
> operating systems, but there will be a charge for every machine you sell
> without Windows -- if you want to be able to buy Windows wholesale. Someone
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That doesn't at all address my point
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> "Peter T. Breuer
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I don't know what drugs you're on, but the McDonald's corporation most
> certainly is in the
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Steven D'Aprano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> The first two points are factually wrong, and the third is an opinion
>> based on the concept, as far as I can see, that Microsoft should be
>> all
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>>> Yes, it certainly is. However, it is also Microsoft's right as a
>>> seller
>&
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Eike Preuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> Shouldn't it be my right as a seller, to decide that I want to sell an
>> operating system 'that nobody wants' _as well as_ operating systems that
>> 'e
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 3) there are plenty of other OSs that are developed or could be
>> developed but which cannot get a footho
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1) There is no other operating system worth selling. In this case, you
> are right, you have no choice but to sell the Microsoft OS, but the deal
> they're offering you harms you in no way. (Unless you intended to sell PCs
> w
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> [DS, MS shill, said ..]
>>> Essentially, Microsoft asked for exclusive arrangements. That is,
>
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, but that's the "if". I have a monopoly on *me* mowing your lawn.
> You can, of course, go to someone else to have your lawn mowed.
Of course you can't - why would anyone else be available to mow my lawn
just because I want
In comp.os.linux.misc Antoon Pardon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I think you need to look up "extortion" in a dictionary. I can walk up
>> to you and say "if you want me to mow your lawn, you must pay me $1 every
>> time you smoke a cigarette". So long as you can say "no" and all that
>> ha
In comp.os.linux.misc T Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Peter T. Breuer wrote:
>> In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTE
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> Not if they abuse a monopoly position in doing so, which is where we
>> started.
> In other wo
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> There would be if an engine manufacturer refused to provide car
>> manufacturers with ANY engines for any model,
In comp.os.linux.misc Richard Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here in comp.os.linux.misc,
> John Wingate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake unto us, saying:
>>Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> It seems to me that I was using 3.x. Maybe it was 3.1?
In comp.os.linux.misc Jeroen Wenting
wrote:
> "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> In comp.os.linux.misc Jeroen Wenting
>> wrote:
>>> Without Microsoft 90% of us would never have seen a computer more
&
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I guess I wasn't explicit enough. Most people who want cars also want an
> engine. Some don't. Dealers could sell cars and engines separately. They
> just (generally) don't. There is nothing illegal or immoral about this.
Ther
In comp.os.linux.misc John Wingate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> In comp.os.linux.misc Jeroen Wenting
>> wrote:
>>> Without Microsoft 90% of us would never have seen a computer more powerful
>>> than a ZX-
In comp.os.linux.misc Jeroen Wenting
wrote:
> Without Microsoft 90% of us would never have seen a computer more powerful
> than a ZX-81 and 90% of the rest of us would never have used only dumb
> mainframe terminals.
Uh - when microsoft produced dos 1.0, or whatever it was, I was sitting
at my
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