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[John J. Urbaniak]

Kris Steenhaut wrote:

> 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.
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> >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.

This is more than that.  I'm asking about under the table *cash* payments, or
equivalents.

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

Because if true, it's a crime.  Besides, the vulnerabilities in the Microsoft
monoculture have cost the world tens, maybe hundreds of billions of dollars.  If IBM
colluded with MS in the establishment of this monoculture, and if it truly is illegal,
it's well worth bringing out into the open.

John