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non pwp delete delete To the list : I have kept my mouth shut during the msft bashing that has been posted on the list from time to time since I joined it in January. I do not understand what this corporation's products have to do with anything that is Parkinsons? I do not see if it does, that a balanced argument is offered in which its side is heard. I do not know if all that is said negatively about it in the *popular press * is true or not, but I do know a lot is based on business jealousy by rival corporations who have done their best over time to pick on their weaknesses while ignoring their strengths. This is not fair. I know that some of you prefer free source software and that is your choice. I do not see anyone posting articles or comments bashing any of these. It seems to me that it is personal choice in the end or what ever one uses that is familiar. This country reveres those who take chances and are entrepreneurs and then turn on them when they are too good at being one. Maybe someone should point out how little rational sense this makes to all of us who are rational. As the ruling just came down from the JD, now one can see what can happen to anyone who practices the principles of how a well run corporation is defined. *Seattle* Audrey friend of pwp aussie John 49/42/38? ----- Original Message ----- From: " janet paterson" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 10:45 AM Subject: FWD: NewsScan: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do > >BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO > >Re: http://www.newsscan.com/cgi-bin/findit_view?table=newsletter&id=1870 > > If you read between the lines, as well as the item that ran a couple > >of weeks ago that IE 5.5 will be supporting MS proprietary standards at the > >expense of open standards, it's pretty clear that MS is making a major push > >to turn the web into its private property. In view of MS's history of > >innovation (near zilch outside of strong-arm marketing, maybe) and product > >quality, well, to say the thought is scary is an understatement. Example: > >consider the drop in web-based sales that would result. Let's do the math: > >Decreased sales for businesses; indirectly higher prices to consumers (since > >cheap prices become more expensive to sellers to compensate for decreased > >sales and site visitors); a single business benefits: MS. These guys in > >Redmond are doing their damnedest to make sure even their supporters on the > >DC Circuit Court can't help them. It may be late in the game to note this, > >but: a) the integration of Explorer into Windows (which was never much more > >than a marketing thing and nothing of much substance -- actually, a stupid > >idea if one as alleged) is just about the least important issue, and b) > >Judge Jackson apparently, and unfortunately for MS, keeps up on the news. A > >break-up of MS is beginning to look like an imperative, not just a good > >idea. (Mitchell Senft) > > http://www.newsscan.com/ > > > janet paterson > 53 now / 41 dx / 37 onset > 613 256 8340 / PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada > visit my website "a new voice" at: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ >