[Am-info] RE: Down the River

[Geoffrey]

Mitch Stone wrote:

> Who knows for certain, but it's worth at least a brief exercise in
> comparative rhetoric, don't you think? I'm hearing quite a few voices out
> there expressing support for Bush's reversal of the Clinton
> administration's antitrust policies. I think that's a fair conclusion to
> reach, given the evidence.

Certainly you don't assume that my comments regarding Gore constitute
such support?  If so, you've sadly misunderstood my postings as I've not
made a comment regarding Bush.  My comment to my wife regarding the M$
case was 'disgusting.'  We've been sold out again.  I'm hoping the judge
rejects it outright, rather than having to wait on the states.

> 
> >I honestly doubt it would have made a difference in the final outcome.
> >gates has too much power and money for there to have been any other
> >outcome.  I was an early vocal supporter of the DOJ case, but when the
> >only penalty they could come up with was splitting the company in two, I
> >realized they didn't have a clue.  Like two criminal monopolies would be
> >better then one.  microsoft didn't flinch throughout the entire trial and
> >even after being found guilty.  They kept doing what they do best,
> >steamroll over any competition, and no one in the Justice Department or
> >anywhere else has made a genuine attempt to stop them.
> 
> I beg to differ here. The antitrust case was a genuine attempt to stop
> them. Too little too late? Perhaps. But not ungenuine.

I believe there was a genuine effort as well.

> 
> >All we can do now is continue to use, support and promote alternatives so
> >that microsoft doesn't gain 100% of the market on computers and every
> >where else they decide to take over.
> 
> Agreed.
> 
>  Mitch Stone
>  mitch@accidentalexpert.com
> 
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