More links re: Microsoft's business practices

[tobeth@lava.net (Beech Family)]

  ...might explain why some people are "so angry" at Microsoft...
  
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  http://www.standishgroup.com/syst.html
  
  Standish group report shows Microsoft NT clearly inferior to Solaris (Unix)
  for mission critical applications.
  
  http://www.standishgroup.com/ms.html
  
  Standish Group Responds to Microsoft attack:
  Predictable "name-calling" response by Microsoft and defense in the name of
  Reason by the authors of the Standish Report.
  
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  http://www.well.com/user/rafeco/1m2f/justice.html
  
   explains "rent seeking" [why windows is so "cheap"]
  
  ..explains some of MSFT's "business practices" with a comparasion to
  similar tactics used by a large chain vendor to drive a small competitor
  out of business.[example from the author's personal experiences]
  
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  Heather
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