Re: Not "Satanism;" realism.

[stan johnson <sjohnson@gwi.net>]

** Reply to note from ericb@pobox.com Fri, 1 Jan 1999 23:06:35   
-0500 
 The idea that antitrust action protected a small 
 company--Microsoft--from a larger IBM should not be a surprise. 
 That's what antitrust is supposed to do: protect a small business 
 from predation by a larger adversary with much deeper pockets. I'm 
 not sure what point you were trying to make there.  
 
My point is that, as I understand it, IBM was forbidden, or perhaps   
simply felt it not prudent, to sell its own operating system with its pcs,   
but rather contracted with Gates to provide it. IIRC, IBM had been   
roundly spanked for tying hardware and software together. This of   
course created the opportunity for Gates to ride their coattails to   
infamy and fortune.

-- 
Stan Johnson    TeamOS/2
sjohnson@gwi.net