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Re: The Death of Microsoft <catchy topic to attract attention>

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From: mark hill
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 00:00
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This is fine but what do you intend to have in Microsoft's place, true it
can be said
that they have "behaved badly" to some companies and that they may or may
not
have ripped off software packages, they may also have an unholy alliance
with Intel
and memory producers.  Or perhaps they are steering a course through an
Industry
that is in fact driving itself to some degree. Of course we can all point
the finger at
Microsoft, but that would be the easy way out.  If it was not for Microsoft
bringing 
together the fragmented industry together, we would all still be at the
Mercy of the
Commodores and the Apples of this world.  Whilst i do not believe that
Microsoft
are altogether good for the direction of the software industry they are
constantly
pushing the boundaries which define it.

So perhaps instead of forming campaigns to bring Microsoft down to size
which
you will fail at ! You should concentrate your efforts and your groups into
providing
us "Users" and "Developers" with your version of the future.


Paul Rickard <ms-boycott@geocities.com> wrote in article
<332A467A.2825@geocities.com>...
> Now that I have your attention, I want to announce that The Microsoft
> Boycott Campaign (MSBC) Web Site is finally completed!
> http://msbc.home.ml.org for the latest news and facts. A professional
> web site operated by professional computer users who want some real
> choice in the computer industry.
> 	Also on the site, we have a form for joining our campaign. Every member
> we get helps us go a little closer to our goal of beating Microsoft down
> to competitive size. Thank you for reading this message.
> 
> 	-Paul Rickard, President of The MSBC. http://msbc.home.ml.org
> 
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From: "mark hill" <hillm@markh.force9.net>
Subject: Re: The Death of Microsoft <catchy topic to attract attention>
Date: 1997/03/25
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