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[Kris Steenhaut]

John J. Urbaniak wrote:

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>>So Microsoft paid SCO $100 million and they used the money to sue IBM?
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>If this is true, it proves that MS will offer money under the table to kill any
>product they view as a threat.
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That's why M$ offered Caldera alias SCO a settlement out of court in the 
first place. Hence it was a victory for M$ and not it's defeat as you 
used to call it.

>I have to ask - how much money did Microsoft pay IBM back in 1995 to kill OS/2 and
>give MS its monopoly?
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M$ offered Windy at the IBM aptiva etc.. series. It's all in the Judge 
Jacson's case files, so you should that know that to. It's no secret 
anymore.

>  If IBM accepted money from MS back then and as a result
>dropped OS/2 as a competitor to Windows, that's a clear violation of Antitrust
>laws on both parts.
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So what? Mr Bush says his buddy is to valuable to be bothered with 
inanities like that. So BillyBoy and his gang can drag on just like that.

>Will some reporter PLEASE look into this issue?
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Why should anyone even begin to think to try to look into?

-- 
Groeten uit Gent,

   Kris