Respectfully disagree with CR, MS broke anti-trust law the second they gave
IE away for free.
And yes the did launch a full scale attack to destroy Netscape (i.e. forcing
PC companies to place IE on their systems or loose MS's OS).
Just remember, if you compare the age of aviation to the age of modern
computing, we are at ... oh the early 1940s...
If MS tries this move, it will really hurt their stock price..
If you look at MS's actions vis-à-vis their public statements, they are
gearing up for the break up anyway. Consider it a three for one split...
Just my humble opinion....
mc
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Ryan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 1:41 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: M$ and the Canooks
Phillip writes:
> Wow! First it was a Off Topic ramble on HP3000-L. Now it's on C|Net
> and Bloomberg News:
>
> C|Net News: Canada is encouraging software giant Microsoft to
> relocate its operations to British Columbia, according to reports.
> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2000017.html?tag=st.ne.ron.lthd.ni
There are probably alot of pro's and con's to this, but I would not be
suprised to see it happen.
And, as hated as we Americans are world wide, It sure would not hurt the MS
image globally to be a Canadian company. (With special thanks to Slick Willy
for his extrodinary efforts to make the US the single most hated country in
the world, and he was afraid he would not have a legacy.)
Plus, it would be an extremely humorous slap in the face for the Justice
department. There is nothing like driving one of the worlds most successfull
companies, and the tax income, out of your country. :>
Oh, and before the MS bashers jump me, no I am not a MS apologist. They did
some things that they needed to get seriously slapped for, but this whole
breakup thing is a joke. Perhaps if they had a judge who had not already
found them guilty before the trial started, things would not have gotten so
far out of hand.
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