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Article #808Re: Microsoft Uses NDAs To Cripple Competitors
From: Bloody Viking
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 00:00
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 00:00
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In alt.destroy.microsoft Bob Lyday <lydayfamily@diespammersdie.sierratel.com> wrote: : I just read the other day on the Net that M$ just concluded a : suit involving SCO. It was concluded that they engaged in : anti-competitive behavior and they had to pay like $180 : million. Pocket change to them. I think the case was brought : in Britain for some reason. I couldn't understand the article. A damages amount that would hurt Microsoft would look something like the tobacco settlements. If a single person were to win such a lawsuit, they would be rich beyond imagination! Oh, if you can't read British English you wouldn't want to meet me in a bar. I have an Aussie drinking accent. -- CAUTION: Email Spam Killer in use. Leave this line in your reply! 152680 First Law of Economics: You can't sell product to people without money. 4968238 bytes of spam mail deleted. http://www.wwa.com/~nospam/
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10b427,416ad9dfdbe1f354 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b427,public X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,597fd1e0867b4fcd X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,597fd1e0867b4fcd X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,597fd1e0867b4fcd X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: 1125fa,416ad9dfdbe1f354 X-Google-Attributes: gid1125fa,public From: Bloody Viking <nospam@miles.wwa.com> Subject: Re: Microsoft Uses NDAs To Cripple Competitors Date: 2000/04/09 Message-ID: <6X7I4.4860$ZE4.94968@ord-read.news.verio.net> X-Deja-AN: 608874637 References: <slrn8eii76.29b.philh@vision25.demon.co.uk> <m34s9i43ew.fsf@thyme.td.micromuse.co.uk> <8ccii6$r8e$1@slb7.atl.mindspring.net> <QKwG4.299$9L.8580@ptah.visi.com> <slrn8en7p6.7ii.philh@vision25.demon.co.uk> <38EBA8F4.D26EEEC5@diespammersdie.sierratel.com> X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: ord-read.news.verio.net 955321154 207.241.4.13 (Sun, 09 Apr 2000 22:59:14 GMT) Organization: ACME Eternal Batteries, Ltd. Oslo, Minnesota. User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4_WWA-980308 (Solaris2.6) (SunOS/5.6 (sun4u)) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 22:59:14 GMT Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,alt.destroy.microsoft