Re: Microsoft Uses NDAs To Cripple Competitors (was: Guilty, 'til proven guilty

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From: phil hunt
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 00:00

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On Wed, 05 Apr 2000 01:34:40 GMT, Shell <sheldon+usenet@yuck.net> wrote:
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>Rex Ballard has been going around for at least 5 years spreading tales about
>Microsoft signing agreements with SCO to prevent them from getting into the
>Unix market.  And because everybody *WANTS* to believe it's true, they just
>accept it as fact without verification.

That's interesting.

Do you (or anyone else) have any factual information either way on whether
MS agreed with SCO not to re-enter the Unix market?

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Subject: Re: Microsoft Uses NDAs To Cripple Competitors (was: Guilty, 'til proven guilty
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