Re: OFFTOPIC: Re: Linux vs the alleged MS "monopoly"

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 00:00

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In article <70r2r4$12g4$1@sue.cc.uregina.ca>,
John  Bayko <bayko@aristotle.cs.uregina.ca> wrote:
>    You can say the same thing about movies. It would also be
>ridiculous to claim that they should be regulated to prevent
>monopolies.

I can't, offhand, recall the last time I used movies to do my day-to-day work.

Movie equipment, particularly VCRs, sure.

But, eh, there's open and published standards for that stuff. And the vendors
stick to them.

-- 
In hoc signo hack, Peter da Silva <peter@baileynm.com>
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From: peter@baileynm.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: OFFTOPIC: Re: Linux vs the alleged MS "monopoly"
Date: 1998/10/27
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