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Re: Cool jobs at a cool company.

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From: James Stutts
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 00:00
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Walter Goodwin wrote in message <6t26bb$p4l@mozo.cc.purdue.edu>...
>
>How do you feel about an image of your hard drive being
>stored in secret files?  (as well as a list of every website

Urban legends strike again.

>you've ever visited with internet explorer)
>
>Most companies survive by giving the consumer what they want.
>MS survives by making consumers take their stuff.  There is a

They didn't MAKE me take anything.  I sold my Sparc and bought
an NT box due to my own decision.  Quite a few others made the same one.
You don't MAKE customers take anything.  Unless your the government. ;)

>reason you can't buy a PC from a major company without any MS
>products (exclusionary contracts)

Then don't buy from DELL.  My SAG P6 box didn't come with an OS at all.

JCS
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From: "James Stutts" <stuttjc@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: Cool jobs at a cool company.
Date: 1998/09/08
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