Re: Score one for Microsoft

["John J. Urbaniak" <jjurban@ibm.net>]

Brett Glass wrote:
> 
> At 04:21 PM 12/7/98 -0500, Joel Simons Sys_Admin wrote:
> 
> >            general Monday said the state has withdrawn from
> >            the federal antitrust suit against Microsoft Corp.
> >               State attorney general Charlie Condon said the
> >            recent merger of America Online Inc. (AOL) and
> >            Netscape Communications Corp. (NSCP) offered
> >            evidence that competition is thriving in the computer
> >            industry.
> 
> Oh? As I recall, UNC Chapel Hill has at least one "Microsoft
> Scholar" on the payroll and is opting to force every student to
> buy a computer that runs a suite of Microsoft's software.
> 
> I wonder how much Gates and Microsoft are donating to the college?
> And if we'll find out that the state got a particularly sweet
> deal on software? Hmmm....
> 
> --Brett

Sorry Brett, I think you got the wrong state.

But I agree with your suspicions anyway.

John