[Am-info] Ayn Rand Institute?
John J. Urbaniak
jjurban@attglobal.net
Mon, 18 Mar 2002 09:25:32 -0500
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madodel@ptdprolog.net wrote:
> In <3C952C08.6020004@namesys.com>, on 03/18/02 at 02:51 AM,
> Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com> said:
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> >Ayn Rand is rumored to be popular at Microsoft.
>
> And I see after a search on Microsoft at the Ayn Rand site that they
> certainly are head over heals against any attempt to enforce anti-trust
> laws - http://microsoft.aynrand.org/
Yeah, the reason I asked is that a huge article appeared in Sunday's Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. It was written by Onkar Ghate, and was titled "The Microsoft Case - Bill Gates & Co. deserve a soft landing in the courts."
The author (he or she, I don't know?) made many absurd, incorrect and misleading statements.
The most absurd was this one: "It [Microsoft] faces constant competition, even if there are no actual competitors presently in its market." No competitors = constant competition? Huh?
The article recommends a $1 fine against Microsoft!
I wrote a massive rebuttal and sent it to the Trib. I wonder if they'll print it.
>
> These folks are more insane then I thought.
Actually, they seem to have completely hijacked Ayn Rand's philosophy to mean "Microsoft is big, therefore they are virtuous." Ms. Rand never said or intended anything like that.
John
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<p>madodel@ptdprolog.net wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>In <3C952C08.6020004@namesys.com>, on 03/18/02
at 02:51 AM,
<br> Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com> said:
<p>>Ayn Rand is rumored to be popular at Microsoft.
<p>And I see after a search on Microsoft at the Ayn Rand site that they
<br>certainly are head over heals against any attempt to enforce anti-trust
<br>laws - <a href="http://microsoft.aynrand.org/">http://microsoft.aynrand.org/</a></blockquote>
<p><br>Yeah, the reason I asked is that a huge article appeared in Sunday's
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. It was written by Onkar Ghate, and was
titled "The Microsoft Case - Bill Gates & Co. deserve a soft landing
in the courts."
<p>The author (he or she, I don't know?) made many absurd, incorrect and
misleading statements.
<p>The most absurd was this one: "It [Microsoft] faces constant competition,
even if there are no actual competitors presently in its market."
No competitors = constant competition? Huh?
<p>The article recommends a $1 fine against Microsoft!
<p>I wrote a massive rebuttal and sent it to the Trib. I wonder if
they'll print it.
<br>
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>
<br>These folks are more insane then I thought.</blockquote>
<p><br>Actually, they seem to have completely hijacked Ayn Rand's philosophy
to mean "Microsoft is big, therefore they are virtuous." Ms. Rand
never said or intended anything like that.
<p>John
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