Re: Microsoft vs. Justice Department

[Paul Ingels <ingelsp@initco.net>]

  And murder isn't a crime either - It's just the family complaining that
  they had a loved one snuffed out by a bad guy.....Oh, wait a
  minute....That is just the people complaining that a good product got
  snuffed out by Micro$oft.  Dummy me.
  
  Tibor Machan wrote:
  > 
  > Sounds like a lot of folks here just do not like it that they didn't get
  > in the game early enough and had the support from the public as those who
  > did.  Now I am not an expert on all the details but even reading through
  > the complaints all I can detect is disgruntlement at -- not any bona fide
  > cheating, deception, coercion, etc., on the part of -- Microsoft.  Court
  > cases do not count in my book because the law is completely corrupt as far
  > as dealing with market competition is concerned.  People are convicted of
  > loan sharking, for example, and that is no real crime at all since it
  > means no more than charging high interest in a risky venture.  People are
  > convicted of prostitution, which also is no real crime.  Anti-trust
  > rulings, in general, have nothing to do with real crimes but with belly
  > aching that politicians and their appointees cater to.
  > 
  > Tibor Machan