[Am-info] Re: Who supports settlement, who got money from MS?

[Joe Barr]

Hey, that's a pretty dull blade you have on that razor, Occam.

The MS PR machine and all its little whores in the press and online fora love to whine that complaints about MS come mainly from its "enemies. No, duh.  I wonder did they figure that out all by themselves.  

One thing actually noteworthy about that is that their "enemies" include every major player in the industry except those whose livelihood is directly dependent upon the goodwill of Redmond.  Dell, for example.  Microsoft has a lot of enemies because they have fucked over so many people.  No, not competition wise.  Illegal, predatory business wise.

Remember the trial, after all.  The fecal feeding maggots were found to be in violation of antitrust law in almost every aspect of their business.  They are thugs, white collar thugs.  It's a shame that they can't be taken out in the alley and have their skulls and kneecaps cracked by their victims.

People who stand up for Microsoft are the same sort of scum.  Like that English chap who has disappeared in a huff from this very mailing list a few dozen times.  In the past year.  Oh, wait.  That's you, isn't it Bill.



On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:35:41 -0800
"Will Occam" <occamsrazor@attbi.com> wrote:

> James Love wrote, on Mon, 10 Dec, 2001:
> > Does anyone have time to go through these comments and find out which
> > groups that support the settlement have received MS funding?
> >
> > http://www.mdd.uscourts.gov/webdatapages1/DisplayMISC.asp
> 
> Whilst we are all playing this game, could we also obtain a list of which
> companies fund the Consumer Project on Technology?
> 
> After all, turnabout is fair play.
> 
> Similarly, a list of contributors to the good Senator Orrin Hatch's ProComp
> organization would surely be in order at this point?
> 
> Oh. Actually, I appear to have found that information by myself:
> 
> "ProComp funded by MS enemies
> It's not surprising that ProComp is on the government's side. The group,
> which was formed earlier this year, is funded by the anti-Microsoft troika
> of Netscape Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:NSCP), Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq:ORCL)
> and Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW), as well as a host of other
> organizations and software companies -- including the Software Publishers
> Association and database technology developer Sybase Inc.
> "Our goal it to increase awareness on a daily basis of what's happening in
> the trial," says ProComp Executive Director Mitchell S. "Mike" Pettit, a
> seasoned lobbyist who served as technical advisor to Sen. Bob Dole during
> his presidential campaign."
> http://www.actonline.org/press_room/news/111098%20inter@ctiveweek%20trial.ht
> ml
> 
> It just goes to show you; it doesn't matter which side you are on, there are
> people who are pushing money around to turn it to their own ends.
> Where does your paycheck come from, Mr. Love?
> Have you ever asked yourself that?
> Are you being manipulated by others who would use you and your organization
> to further their own ends?
> 
> I feel that only you have the answer to that question.
> 
> Bill.
> 
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