Re: Scrutiny is Mutiny

[Tod Landis <landis@cruzio.com>]

  Microsoft sounds kind of like Maxwell Smart.  "Would
  you believe the economy will be damaged if you enforce the
  law?  No?  Well, how about this..."
  
  Tod Landis
  
  John N. Bryan wrote:
  
  > >On Thu, Dec 18, 1997 at 08:33:36PM -0500, Mitch Stone wrote:
  > >
  > >> Microsoft was quoted in yesterday's (Weds 12/18) Wall Street Journal
  > >> saying that the economy will be damaged if the shipping date of Windows
  > >> 98 is delayed by the court's orders. Naturally, the spin department at
  > >> Microsoft doesn't mention the nearly one year delay in delivery caused by
  > >> Microsoft's own ineptitude.
  > >
  > >
  >
  > For one, I am incensed that MS is attempting to induce fear in whomever
  > it can to further its causes, and possibly implying a threat: "If we go
  > down, we'll take you all with us.".
  >
  > Second, while there may be some *short term* "damage", this should
  > be weighed against the long term damage of allowing them, or anyone
  > of similar behaviors and position, to continue virtually unhindered
  > in their monopolistic, anti-competitive practices.
  >
  > Removing weeds "damages" the garden.  Cancer treatment "damages"
  > the body.  MS sounds like a cancer trying to talk the surgeon or
  > oncologist out of the treatment, while trying to induce fear in
  > the patient.
  >
  > -JB
  >
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  >             John N. Bryan   Austin, Texas
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