Re: If I were Bill

[vivian paloyan <vpal@earthlink.net>]

This latest post seems less down on Microsoft than some of your previous
comments.  Am I missing something?
                        Vivian

Rick Dahlgren wrote:

> If I were Bill, I would:
>
> Tell the committee that to comply with DOJ demands I would have to withdraw
> product from the market for an unspecified period of time,
>
> Lay off thousands within Microsoft for an equal or greater unspecified
> amount of time
>
> Stop shipment of OS to the PC industry for an unspecified period of time,
> causing the PC industry to essentially shut down, forcing huge layoffs in
> that industry.
>
> Cease providing developer licenses until such time as a DOJ compliant
> product was available to license, essentially shutting down most of the
> software industry,
>
> Void existing developer licenses as being illegal per DOJ,
>
> and then I'd go sailing.
>
> Rick Dahlgren
> Cottonwood Communications
> rd@cottonwood.com