Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 14 Mar 1999 01:16:09 -0500 (EST) | From | Gregory Maxwell <> | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC]: MS Porting Office to Linux? |
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On Sat, 13 Mar 1999, Dave Cinege wrote:
> "Richard B. Johnson" wrote: > > > > If Bill Gates did anything different his stockholders might fire him. > > Good luck getting the votes, as he the the largest holder.
AFIK he has just over 50%.
> > This is a good business decision and is designed to protect the interests > > of Microsoft stockholders. It has nothing to do with what is good/bad > > or indifferent about the software itself. > > Horse shit. > > Let me do a quick condensed review of the last 20 years of the PC regarding M$: > > MS sees a peice of technology as a threat to their monopoly. > They try to muscle in and kill it. > If they can't kill it, they buy it. > If they can't buy it, they infiltrate and attempt to seize control of it. > > > In fact, it is good for the Personal Computer Industry itself. Soon > > the CAD packages that __must__ use Windows, will be ported to Linux as > > And I'm sure M$ will have it set up with some propritary windouche > GUI kit that effectivly gives them complete control. DON'T THINK FOR A > SECOND THIS IS NOT THE PLAN, IF IN FACT THEY ARE PORTING ANYTHING TO RUN ON > LINUX. They will do there damnest to slip things in that let's them lock > up the technology. That's the only way they have ever done business.
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