Re: MS Rally Location

[Linux Idiot <esoteric@atlnet.com>]

ethical@ibm.net wrote:
> 
> In <s54e6492.040@nuskin.net>, on 05/05/98 at 02:53 AM,
>    "Doug Jenkins" <DJENKIN@nuskin.net> said:
> 
> > http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/news/0504/04awin98.html
> 
> The subtext of both the Gang of 26 and the outed-from-Microsoft
> letters, as well as today's Wall Street press conference, is that the
> economy of the United States benefits *more* by forcing businesses to
> throw out existing software and to buy more computer hardware than it
> does by allowing those businesses to continue to use their existing
> hardware and software productively to accomplish each business's
> primary mission.

For Microsoft, this is a catch-22 scenario.  They can't have it both
ways.  If they are not a exploiting their monopoly status in the OS
environment, how is it then that this is such an impact on the economy? 
It's complete crap anyway, it's not like every corporation around the
world will stop functioning if Win98 is stalled/delayed.  People will
continue to buy computers, although there may be a small number of folks
who will delay to for the outcome.

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