Re: Linux vs the alleged MS "monopoly"

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From: John Miles
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 00:00

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Peter da Silva wrote:
> 
> >> The solution set includes having open APIs or having a regulated monopoly.
> 
> >We will all regret the day that we let government regulate software.
> 
> It's government regulatin of software that lets Microsoft maintain its
> position. The way they've taken the regulations and turned them into
> weapons against reverse engineering, cloning, and other methods for
> reproducing their proprietary interfaces are worthy of a batallion of
> Stallmans.
> 

Really?  What has Stallman done for me lately?

If you think Bill Gates sucks, just *wait* until you see how Janet Reno
does the same job.

-- jm

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Subject: Re: Linux vs the alleged MS "monopoly"
Date: 1998/10/23
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