[Am-info] Gates: "To advance technology ..."

[John J. Urbaniak]

To the best of my recollection, it was Hampton Pearson who said that Gates
said it.  I used the twiddles to mean approximate quotes.  But that's what I
heard.  I especially remember the "advancement of technology" phrase.

John


Gene Gaines wrote:

> I read John Urbaniak's statement below,
>
> > I heard on CNBC today that under questioning, Gates admitted that
> > ~Occasionally, for the good of Microsoft and the advancement of
> > Computing Technology, certain code was placed in the Windows OS to
> > restrict or prevent competitor's products from running.~
>
> To check that out, I key in:
>
> www.cnbc.com
>
> I get taken to:
>
> http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/home.asp
>
> This appears to be the CNBC TV website where I do a search for
> Gates, find an article headlined "Gates: States’ antitrust sanctions
> would hamper Windows security" by Brock N. Meeks.
>
> In that article, I find this as the closest quote to John's statement:
>
>   Kuney asked Gates if Microsoft ever intentionally
>   makes changes to Windows knowing it will break a
>   competitor’s software product. “Yes,” Gates replied, “as
>   we add new features we’re constantly making a trade-off”
>   between compatibility and new features. “We make those
>   decisions every day to this new feature we have to give up
>   some degree of compatibility,” Gates said.
>
> CNBC and MSN is such a big and trustworthy news organization, I get
> confused.  Who do I trust?
>
> No mention of Microsoft on this homepage, until I go waaay down to
> the bottom and find "©2002 Microsoft Corporation"
>
> Gene
> gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com
>
> On Tuesday, April 23, 2002, 2:27:51 PM, John wrote:
>
> > John Poltorak wrote:
>
> >> On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 02:09:47PM -0400, Sujal Shah wrote:
> >> > On Tue, 2002-04-23 at 13:14, John J. Urbaniak wrote:
> >> > > I heard on CNBC today that under questioning, Gates admitted that
> >> > > ~Occasionally, for the good of Microsoft and the advancement of
> >> > > Computing Technology, certain code was placed in the Windows OS to
> >> > > restrict or prevent competitor's products from running.~
> >> > >
> >> > > I ask again, Where is the outrage?
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > My outrage ran out a long time ago wrt Microsoft.
> >> >
> >> > Those that would be outraged already knew.
> >>
> >> I think the point is, why isn't everyone outraged?
>
> > Or at least the opinion leaders in the Press?
>
> > John
>
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