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Article #839Re: Microsoft Uses NDAs To Cripple Competitors (was: Guilty, 'til proven guilty
From: Bob Lyday
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 00:00
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 00:00
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phil hunt wrote: > > On Wed, 05 Apr 2000 01:34:40 GMT, Shell <sheldon+usenet@yuck.net> wrote: > > > >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? > 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. > -- Bob "There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed," Bill Gates, in an interview with Focus magazine, Oct 23, 1995. Remove ".diespammersdie" to reply.
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