[Am-info] Re: Billie takes the stand

[sturde@az.com]

In <20020423160101.358C229B8E@lists.essential.org>, on 04/23/02 
   at 12:01 PM, am-info-request@venice.essential.org said:

>Re: Billie take the stand 

His threat to pack up his bags and go home and not market software.  It is
like General Motors complaining that the government is not treating it
properly.  Therefore, it is not going to make any more cars.  Ford,
Chrysler, Toyota and all of the others would jump for joy.  What better
proof is there of the need to break up MS, than his threat not to market
MS software anymore?  No one should have that power over the economy.

Also on how MS cannot strip out the "extras" from its operating system. 
Chutzpah.  The man who when being sentenced for murdering his father and
mother, throws himself on the mercy of the court as an orphan.  Even
assuming the a stripped down system is difficult to create because of the
mess MS has made of the code, if it created the problem, it is going to
have to fix it.  I created the mess, so do not expect anything of me,
because of the mess I have created, although I have benefited immensely
and intend to continue to benefit immensely from the mess I have created. 
A lot of brass.


James Sturdevant


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