[50848] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Microslosh vision of the future
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (blitz)
Sun Aug 11 23:51:22 2002
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 23:47:01 -0400
To: Vadim Antonov <avg@exigengroup.com>
From: blitz <blitz@macronet.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0208111834460.2657-100000@arch.exigengroup.c
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Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
I just hope the anti-trust people are looking into this....i can't see a
bigger case for them to spring into action...
At 18:43 8/11/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Microsoft already duped the software consumers into buying into fully
>proprietary software. Given the prevalent time horizon of average IT
>manager's thinking I fully expect Microsoft to get that stuff deployed
>before the poor saps start realizing they're being ripped. After that
>Microsoft will leverage their market power to exclude any competition.
>Exactly like they did it before on numerous occasions.
>
>Their PR budget is bigger than GDP of some nations. They're ruthless and
>show remarkable lack of respect to the notions of fairness or common good.
>Be afraid.
>
>--vadim
