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[David Maynard]

John Doe wrote:

David Maynard <nospam@private.net> wrote:


Gary H wrote:


David Maynard wrote:


class bigot


name caller

Typical snip job from the ultimate 'name caller' troll.

If you feel you have to jump to the defense of these poor
helpless folks, then go for it. Shrug.

Utter nonsense. No one claimed [Bill Gates] was 'helpless' and,
for all I know, he might be able to pound you into the sand with
one hand, count money on the other, and


walk and eat pie at the same time

http://www.bitstorm.org/gates/


befuddle you with an extended vocabulary all at the same time...


while eating pie


No reason to let facts get in the way of a good solid prejudice,
eh?


Says someone who cannot even except the extremely well known and
decided in stone fact that Microsoft Windows is a monopoly.

Since I have refused to discuss the matter with you you haven't a clue what
I may or may not think or 'accept' and you inventing lies isn't going to
change that fact either.

 

[David Maynard]

John Doe wrote:

David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:


Gary H wrote:


Ah well it's criticism based on many writings and rulings (I
suppose) by "experts". He's ended up in court in the US
(antitrust, guilty) and in Europe (antitrust, guilty) fined 32
million by South Korea's FTC (Fair Trade Commission, guilty)

Courts and Judges are positively clueless about the software world
and to call them 'experts' is absurd.


And apparently David Maynard is clueless about how justice works.
Judges are good at judging and rely on expert witnesses.

I suppose you missed the fact that there are always 'expert witnesses' on
both sides of any case with directly opposing 'opinions' and in something
as technically complex as an O.S. there is no way for someone clueless
about software to even grasp the arguments, much less 'judge' which one is
the better, assuming there is such a thing as 'better' when it comes to
'opinions' on what an O.S. should, or should not, have as it's components
and how it 'should' be structured.

I smell a libertarian who believes everything the government does is
wrong (unless it agrees with his opinion).

Wrong, as usual.

But in fact if it weren't for our government every day deciding in
Microsoft's favor and using our police with guns to physically
inforce Microsoft's will, Microsoft would fall apart like a playing
card house. Put that in your Microsoft defending libertarian fantasy
land.

Nice piece of schizoid logic you got there with the government
simultaneously condemning Microsoft for being, as you call it, a
'monopoly', yet 'protecting' them.

 

[John Doe]

Mxsmanic <mxsmanic gmail.com> wrote:

Gary H writes:

I find it mildly amusing when some people hang out in these NGs
simply to show off their vocabularies and to instigate
arguments??

Are you asking or asserting?

Some people have naturally rich vocabularies. The fact that they
use them doesn't mean that they are showing off, although it might
seem that way to people with more limited vocabularies.

It could mean that they are showing off, or maybe they don't
understand that writing is to communicate with other people.

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[John Doe]

Mxsmanic <mxsmanic gmail.com> wrote:

John Doe writes:

Without question, someone giving away 6% of personal wealth that
they could not spend in 10 lifetimes is meaningless.

How much money does he have to give away before it meets your
personal definition of meaningful?

More.

Spending 6% of your time helping other people is
meaningful. Whether giving 6% of your income is charitable just
depends.

On whether you are hated as much as Bill Gates or not, apparently.

Do you really have a difficult time understanding that?

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[John Doe]

David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:

John Doe wrote:

David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:


Gary H wrote:


Ah well it's criticism based on many writings and rulings (I
suppose) by "experts". He's ended up in court in the US
(antitrust, guilty) and in Europe (antitrust, guilty) fined 32
million by South Korea's FTC (Fair Trade Commission, guilty)

Courts and Judges are positively clueless about the software
world and to call them 'experts' is absurd.


And apparently David Maynard is clueless about how justice works.
Judges are good at judging and rely on expert witnesses.

I suppose you missed the fact that there are always 'expert
witnesses' on both sides of any case with directly opposing
'opinions' and in something as technically complex as an O.S.
there is no way for someone clueless about software to even grasp
the arguments, much less 'judge' which one is the better, assuming
there is such a thing as 'better' when it comes to 'opinions' on
what an O.S. should, or should not, have as it's components and
how it 'should' be structured.

I'm not surprised you have so much trouble with judgment,
considering how you struggle with using ordinary words in ordinary
contexts. That paragraph is a good illustration. You even question
the meaning of words in your own usage.

Judges don't have that problem.

An operating system should not have applications as it's components
if you want to promote competition among software developers. And if
you pretend to not know the difference between an operating system
and an application, you are just a liar. There is a gray area but
it's not that difficult to generally separate an operating system
from applications.

I smell a libertarian who believes everything the government does
is wrong (unless it agrees with his opinion).

Wrong, as usual.

Silly, as usual.

But in fact if it weren't for our government every day deciding
in Microsoft's favor and using our police with guns to physically
inforce Microsoft's will, Microsoft would fall apart like a
playing card house. Put that in your Microsoft defending
libertarian fantasy land.

Nice piece of schizoid logic you got there

You are a Microsoft defender troll wearing very big blinders.

with the government
simultaneously condemning Microsoft for being, as you call it, a
'monopoly', yet 'protecting' them.

Our justice system is getting hundreds of millions of dollars a year
from Microsoft.

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[John Doe]

David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:

John Doe wrote:

David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:


Gary H wrote:


David Maynard wrote:


class bigot


name caller

Typical snip job from the ultimate 'name caller' troll.

That's all the context a reader needs to understand my reply.

You sometimes follow 200 lines of quoted text with a single line
reply. Combine that with how trivial most of your replies are, it's
like you are trying to waste bandwidth.

If you feel you have to jump to the defense of these poor
helpless folks, then go for it. Shrug.

Utter nonsense. No one claimed [Bill Gates] was 'helpless' and,
for all I know, he might be able to pound you into the sand with
one hand, count money on the other, and


walk and eat pie at the same time

http://www.bitstorm.org/gates/


befuddle you with an extended vocabulary all at the same time...


while eating pie


No reason to let facts get in the way of a good solid prejudice,
eh?


Says someone who cannot even except the extremely well known and
decided in stone fact that Microsoft Windows is a monopoly.

Since I have refused to discuss the matter with you you haven't a
clue what I may or may not think or 'accept' and you inventing
lies isn't going to change that fact either.

It's easy enough to figure out.

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[David Maynard]

John Doe wrote:

David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:


John Doe wrote:


David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:



Gary H wrote:


Ah well it's criticism based on many writings and rulings (I
suppose) by "experts". He's ended up in court in the US
(antitrust, guilty) and in Europe (antitrust, guilty) fined 32
million by South Korea's FTC (Fair Trade Commission, guilty)

Courts and Judges are positively clueless about the software
world and to call them 'experts' is absurd.


And apparently David Maynard is clueless about how justice works.
Judges are good at judging and rely on expert witnesses.

I suppose you missed the fact that there are always 'expert
witnesses' on both sides of any case with directly opposing
'opinions' and in something as technically complex as an O.S.
there is no way for someone clueless about software to even grasp
the arguments, much less 'judge' which one is the better, assuming
there is such a thing as 'better' when it comes to 'opinions' on
what an O.S. should, or should not, have as it's components and
how it 'should' be structured.


I'm not surprised you have so much trouble with judgment,
considering how you struggle with using ordinary words in ordinary
contexts. That paragraph is a good illustration. You even question
the meaning of words in your own usage.

I'm not surprised you continue to invent nonsense as it seems to be your
specialty.

Judges don't have that problem.

No, what they have a problem with is being clueless about software.

An operating system should not have applications as it's components
if you want to promote competition among software developers.

What I want to 'promote' is a good product, not some anti-business crusade.

And if
you pretend to not know the difference between an operating system
and an application, you are just a liar. There is a gray area but
it's not that difficult to generally separate an operating system
from applications.

Which demonstrates you're almost as clueless as the judges are.

I smell a libertarian who believes everything the government does
is wrong (unless it agrees with his opinion).

Wrong, as usual.


Silly, as usual.

Yes, you were, but I decided to keep it simple with just plain wrong.

But in fact if it weren't for our government every day deciding
in Microsoft's favor and using our police with guns to physically
inforce Microsoft's will, Microsoft would fall apart like a
playing card house. Put that in your Microsoft defending
libertarian fantasy land.

Nice piece of schizoid logic you got there


You are a Microsoft defender troll wearing very big blinders.

No, I'm a defender of facts and rational thought.

with the government
simultaneously condemning Microsoft for being, as you call it, a
'monopoly', yet 'protecting' them.


Our justice system is getting hundreds of millions of dollars a year
from Microsoft.

Then it's nice to see they're making a profit for a change.

 

[John Doe]

Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@gmail.com> wrote:

John Doe writes:

Without question, someone giving away 6% of personal wealth that
they could not spend in 10 lifetimes is meaningless.

How much money does he have to give away before it meets your
personal definition of meaningful?

It might be meaningful to Bill Gates, but (hopefully) not because he
feels a loss. I'm really not sure what the amount would be for it to
cause Bill Gates to worry that he is going to run out of money. It's
just not meaningful like giving of your time is meaningful.

Bill Gates is an inspiration. Whenever I feel like I don't have
enough, I simply remember that Bill Gates needs mo' money too.

 

[John Doe]

David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:

John Doe wrote:

David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:


John Doe wrote:


David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:



Gary H wrote:


Ah well it's criticism based on many writings and rulings (I
suppose) by "experts". He's ended up in court in the US
(antitrust, guilty) and in Europe (antitrust, guilty) fined 32
million by South Korea's FTC (Fair Trade Commission, guilty)

Courts and Judges are positively clueless about the software
world and to call them 'experts' is absurd.


And apparently David Maynard is clueless about how justice
works. Judges are good at judging and rely on expert witnesses.

I suppose you missed the fact that there are always 'expert
witnesses' on both sides of any case with directly opposing
'opinions' and in something as technically complex as an O.S.
there is no way for someone clueless about software to even grasp
the arguments, much less 'judge' which one is the better,
assuming there is such a thing as 'better' when it comes to
'opinions' on what an O.S. should, or should not, have as it's
components and how it 'should' be structured.


I'm not surprised you have so much trouble with judgment,
considering how you struggle with using ordinary words in
ordinary contexts. That paragraph is a good illustration. You
even question the meaning of words in your own usage.

Judges don't have that problem.

No, what they have a problem with is being clueless about
software.

You would have to be silly (as usual) to imagine that judges have to
know everything about every subject they judge. But in fact some of
them are very insightful about the software business.

An operating system should not have applications as it's
components if you want to promote competition among software
developers.

What I want to 'promote' is a good product,

The way we do that in a civilized market based economy is to foster
competition.

not some anti-business crusade.

You sound like a Libertarian zealot.

And if
you pretend to not know the difference between an operating
system and an application, you are just a liar. There is a gray
area but it's not that difficult to generally separate an
operating system from applications.

Which demonstrates you're almost as clueless as the judges are.

Maybe more so (in your head). Having been a big fan of the big
antitrust trial, for years I paid close attention and was impressed
by the judges' ability to understand and weigh the facts. They don't
have to know how to write programs, their main concern is the
software publishing business.

I smell a libertarian who believes everything the government
does is wrong (unless it agrees with his opinion).

Wrong, as usual.


Silly, as usual.

Yes, you were, but I decided to keep it simple with just plain
wrong.

So you're not willing to admit that you are a Libertarian who thinks
that everything government does is wrong (unless it agrees with your
opinion).

But in fact if it weren't for our government every day deciding
in Microsoft's favor and using our police with guns to
physically inforce Microsoft's will, Microsoft would fall apart
like a playing card house. Put that in your Microsoft defending
libertarian fantasy land.

Nice piece of schizoid logic you got there


You are a Microsoft defender troll wearing very big blinders.

No, I'm a defender of facts and rational thought.

When are you going to defend the fact that Microsoft Windows is a
monopoly?

with the government
simultaneously condemning Microsoft for being, as you call it, a
'monopoly', yet 'protecting' them.


Our justice system is getting hundreds of millions of dollars a year
from Microsoft.

Then it's nice to see they're making a profit for a change.



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From: David Maynard <nospam private.net
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Subject: Re: The truth about OS/2!!! [Re: Why aren't computer clocks as accurate as cheap quartz watches?]
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[David Maynard]

John Doe wrote:

David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:


John Doe wrote:


David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:



Gary H wrote:



David Maynard wrote:


class bigot


name caller

Typical snip job from the ultimate 'name caller' troll.


That's all the context a reader needs to understand my reply.

People who regularly read your posts don't need a quote at all to figure
out your intent because it's always some out of context false innuendo or
pure invention for the same purpose, but it's worth noting for the initiates.

You sometimes follow 200 lines of quoted text with a single line
reply. Combine that with how trivial most of your replies are, it's
like you are trying to waste bandwidth.

And you can't even manage two sentences in a row without doing it.

If you feel you have to jump to the defense of these poor
helpless folks, then go for it. Shrug.

Utter nonsense. No one claimed [Bill Gates] was 'helpless' and,
for all I know, he might be able to pound you into the sand with
one hand, count money on the other, and


walk and eat pie at the same time

http://www.bitstorm.org/gates/



befuddle you with an extended vocabulary all at the same time...


while eating pie



No reason to let facts get in the way of a good solid prejudice,
eh?


Says someone who cannot even except the extremely well known and
decided in stone fact that Microsoft Windows is a monopoly.

Since I have refused to discuss the matter with you you haven't a
clue what I may or may not think or 'accept' and you inventing
lies isn't going to change that fact either.


It's easy enough to figure out.

Not very clever to argue how easy it is when you haven't gotten a thing
right yet.

 

[John Doe]

David Maynard <nospam@private.net> wrote:

John Doe wrote:

David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:


John Doe wrote:


David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:



Gary H wrote:



David Maynard wrote:


class bigot


name caller

Typical snip job from the ultimate 'name caller' troll.


That's all the context a reader needs to understand my reply.

People who regularly read your posts don't need a quote at all to
figure out your intent because it's always some out of context
false innuendo or pure invention for the same purpose, but it's
worth noting for the initiates.

That's just weird.

You sometimes follow 200 lines of quoted text with a single line
reply. Combine that with how trivial most of your replies are,
it's like you are trying to waste bandwidth.

If you feel you have to jump to the defense of these poor
helpless folks, then go for it. Shrug.

Utter nonsense. No one claimed [Bill Gates] was 'helpless' and,
for all I know, he might be able to pound you into the sand
with one hand, count money on the other, and


walk and eat pie at the same time

http://www.bitstorm.org/gates/



befuddle you with an extended vocabulary all at the same
time...


while eating pie



No reason to let facts get in the way of a good solid
prejudice, eh?


Says someone who cannot even except the extremely well known and
decided in stone fact that Microsoft Windows is a monopoly.

Since I have refused to discuss the matter with you you haven't a
clue what I may or may not think or 'accept' and you inventing
lies isn't going to change that fact either.


It's easy enough to figure out.

Not very clever to argue how easy it is when you haven't gotten a
thing right yet.

So you are a Microsoft defender who believes Microsoft Windows is a
monopoly. You believe Microsoft has the power but you believe the
government should allow Microsoft to use that power anyway it wants
to. Are you a Libertarian?

 

[David Maynard]

John Doe wrote:

David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:


John Doe wrote:


David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:



John Doe wrote:



David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:




Gary H wrote:


Ah well it's criticism based on many writings and rulings (I
suppose) by "experts". He's ended up in court in the US
(antitrust, guilty) and in Europe (antitrust, guilty) fined 32
million by South Korea's FTC (Fair Trade Commission, guilty)

Courts and Judges are positively clueless about the software
world and to call them 'experts' is absurd.


And apparently David Maynard is clueless about how justice
works. Judges are good at judging and rely on expert witnesses.

I suppose you missed the fact that there are always 'expert
witnesses' on both sides of any case with directly opposing
'opinions' and in something as technically complex as an O.S.
there is no way for someone clueless about software to even grasp
the arguments, much less 'judge' which one is the better,
assuming there is such a thing as 'better' when it comes to
'opinions' on what an O.S. should, or should not, have as it's
components and how it 'should' be structured.


I'm not surprised you have so much trouble with judgment,
considering how you struggle with using ordinary words in
ordinary contexts. That paragraph is a good illustration. You
even question the meaning of words in your own usage.

Judges don't have that problem.

No, what they have a problem with is being clueless about
software.


You would have to be silly (as usual) to imagine that judges have to
know everything about every subject they judge.

I didn't say a thing about needing to "know everything." Or can't you grasp
the vast gulf between clueless and omniscience?

But in fact some of
them are very insightful about the software business.

LOL

Well, if there are they're doing bang up job of hiding it.

An operating system should not have applications as it's
components if you want to promote competition among software
developers.

What I want to 'promote' is a good product,


The way we do that in a civilized market based economy is to foster
competition.

Courts and Judges dictating product content isn't a free market.

not some anti-business crusade.


You sound like a Libertarian zealot.

Only to anti-business fanatics.

And if
you pretend to not know the difference between an operating
system and an application, you are just a liar. There is a gray
area but it's not that difficult to generally separate an
operating system from applications.

Which demonstrates you're almost as clueless as the judges are.


Maybe more so (in your head). Having been a big fan of the big
antitrust trial, for years I paid close attention and was impressed
by the judges' ability to understand and weigh the facts.

I'm sure you were, when things came out the way you wanted. And you then
hated it when things didn't. That's not a 'guess' on my part, it's taken
straight from your assessment.

They don't
have to know how to write programs, their main concern is the
software publishing business.

Since a significant part of the decision process was evaluating what
should, or should not, be a part of the O.S., among other things, your
claim is pure nonsense.

I smell a libertarian who believes everything the government
does is wrong (unless it agrees with his opinion).

Wrong, as usual.


Silly, as usual.

Yes, you were, but I decided to keep it simple with just plain
wrong.


So you're not willing to admit that you are a Libertarian who thinks
that everything government does is wrong (unless it agrees with your
opinion).

I'm never going to respond to any of your contrived nonsense.

But in fact if it weren't for our government every day deciding
in Microsoft's favor and using our police with guns to
physically inforce Microsoft's will, Microsoft would fall apart
like a playing card house. Put that in your Microsoft defending
libertarian fantasy land.

Nice piece of schizoid logic you got there


You are a Microsoft defender troll wearing very big blinders.

No, I'm a defender of facts and rational thought.


When are you going to defend the fact that Microsoft Windows is a
monopoly?

I've already explained why I am not going to discuss it with you.

 

[David Maynard]

John Doe wrote:

David Maynard <nospam@private.net> wrote:


John Doe wrote:


David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:



John Doe wrote:



David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:




Gary H wrote:




David Maynard wrote:


class bigot


name caller

Typical snip job from the ultimate 'name caller' troll.


That's all the context a reader needs to understand my reply.

People who regularly read your posts don't need a quote at all to
figure out your intent because it's always some out of context
false innuendo or pure invention for the same purpose, but it's
worth noting for the initiates.


That's just weird.

Well, it's at least eerie that you manage to do it so effortlessly.

You sometimes follow 200 lines of quoted text with a single line
reply. Combine that with how trivial most of your replies are,
it's like you are trying to waste bandwidth.

Like this snip job of yours leaving in your nonsensical accusations but
stripping my reply.

And you wonder why I won't discuss a complex legal issue with someone who
has debate ethics akin to a pathological ax murderer.

If you feel you have to jump to the defense of these poor
helpless folks, then go for it. Shrug.

Utter nonsense. No one claimed [Bill Gates] was 'helpless' and,
for all I know, he might be able to pound you into the sand
with one hand, count money on the other, and


walk and eat pie at the same time

http://www.bitstorm.org/gates/




befuddle you with an extended vocabulary all at the same
time...


while eating pie

No reason to let facts get in the way of a good solid
prejudice, eh?


Says someone who cannot even except the extremely well known and
decided in stone fact that Microsoft Windows is a monopoly.

Since I have refused to discuss the matter with you you haven't a
clue what I may or may not think or 'accept' and you inventing
lies isn't going to change that fact either.


It's easy enough to figure out.

Not very clever to argue how easy it is when you haven't gotten a
thing right yet.


So you are a Microsoft defender who believes Microsoft Windows is a
monopoly. You believe Microsoft has the power but you believe the
government should allow Microsoft to use that power anyway it wants
to. Are you a Libertarian?

Your perfect record of being wrong remains intact.

 

[John Doe]

David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:

John Doe wrote:

David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:


John Doe wrote:


David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:



John Doe wrote:



David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:




Gary H wrote:


Ah well it's criticism based on many writings and rulings (I
suppose) by "experts". He's ended up in court in the US
(antitrust, guilty) and in Europe (antitrust, guilty) fined
32 million by South Korea's FTC (Fair Trade Commission,
guilty)

Courts and Judges are positively clueless about the software
world and to call them 'experts' is absurd.


And apparently David Maynard is clueless about how justice
works. Judges are good at judging and rely on expert
witnesses.

I suppose you missed the fact that there are always 'expert
witnesses' on both sides of any case with directly opposing
'opinions' and in something as technically complex as an O.S.
there is no way for someone clueless about software to even
grasp the arguments, much less 'judge' which one is the better,
assuming there is such a thing as 'better' when it comes to
'opinions' on what an O.S. should, or should not, have as it's
components and how it 'should' be structured.


I'm not surprised you have so much trouble with judgment,
considering how you struggle with using ordinary words in
ordinary contexts. That paragraph is a good illustration. You
even question the meaning of words in your own usage.

Judges don't have that problem.

No, what they have a problem with is being clueless about
software.


You would have to be silly (as usual) to imagine that judges have
to know everything about every subject they judge.

I didn't say a thing about needing to "know everything." Or can't
you grasp the vast gulf between clueless and omniscience?

As easily as you can grasp the the difference between "clueless" and
"knowing something".

But in fact some of
them are very insightful about the software business.

LOL

Well, if there are they're doing bang up job of hiding it.

Not if you pay close attention.

An operating system should not have applications as it's
components if you want to promote competition among software
developers.

What I want to 'promote' is a good product,


The way we do that in a civilized market based economy is to
foster competition.

Courts and Judges dictating product content isn't a free market.

It happens all the time in a free market.

not some anti-business crusade.


You sound like a Libertarian zealot.

Only to anti-business fanatics.

To someone who believes in a rule-based society.

Clearly you believe that businesses should not have to play by rules
or the rules should not be enforced by the government because the
government can't do anything right.

Sounds like a Libertarian zealot to me.

And if
you pretend to not know the difference between an operating
system and an application, you are just a liar. There is a gray
area but it's not that difficult to generally separate an
operating system from applications.

Which demonstrates you're almost as clueless as the judges are.


Maybe more so (in your head). Having been a big fan of the big
antitrust trial, for years I paid close attention and was
impressed by the judges' ability to understand and weigh the
facts.

I'm sure you were, when things came out the way you wanted. And
you then hated it when things didn't. That's not a 'guess' on my
part, it's taken straight from your assessment.

It's a wild guess. I think the final outcome to date was wrong. The
idea that I hated it exists only in your imagination. The appellate
court judges had plenty of insight and not all of the district
court's judgment was correct (in my opinion).

They don't
have to know how to write programs, their main concern is the
software publishing business.

Since a significant part of the decision process was evaluating
what should, or should not, be a part of the O.S., among other
things, your claim is pure nonsense.

Speaking of nonsense. That was part of the proposed remedy, not part
of the trial, and that was done by the prosecution.

I smell a libertarian who believes everything the government
does is wrong (unless it agrees with his opinion).

Wrong, as usual.


Silly, as usual.

Yes, you were, but I decided to keep it simple with just plain
wrong.


So you're not willing to admit that you are a Libertarian who
thinks that everything government does is wrong (unless it agrees
with your opinion).

I'm never going to respond to any of your contrived nonsense.

You certainly contrive a lot of nonsense while defending Microsoft.

But in fact if it weren't for our government every day
deciding in Microsoft's favor and using our police with guns
to physically inforce Microsoft's will, Microsoft would fall
apart like a playing card house. Put that in your Microsoft
defending libertarian fantasy land.

Nice piece of schizoid logic you got there


You are a Microsoft defender troll wearing very big blinders.

No, I'm a defender of facts and rational thought.


When are you going to defend the fact that Microsoft Windows is a
monopoly?



I've already explained why I am not going to discuss it with you.

Some silly notion about software being too complicated for anyone to
tell the difference between an operating system and applications.

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From: David Maynard <nospam private.net
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Subject: Re: The truth about OS/2!!! [Re: Why aren't computer clocks as accurate as cheap quartz watches?]
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[Gary H]

Mxsmanic wrote:

Those of us who were there are not deceived by revisionist histories.
In those days, it was big bad IBM versus tiny helpless Microsoft, not
the other way around. Microsoft didn't (and couldn't) twist IBM's
arm.

Ya know, all this really isn't about Bill Gates or Microsoft Per
Se. It's about the greed factor and the power factor and the
control factor. The desire for absolute power and to corrupt
absolutely . The sort of thing that rears its ugly head
virtually every single day of our lives. Like Enron, Hollinger
international and on and on.

With Microsoft, like many others it *is* about greed and power.

With the oil industry, it *is* about greed and power.
For example, I live in the north-eastern part of this north
American continent. In the summertime, the price of gas goes
sky-high because of the demand and heating oil drops and in the
wintertime the price of heating fuel goes sky-high because of
demand and gas drops. The immediate response or belief drilled
into the general public is that there is a shortage of oil.
There is NOT.
There is plenty of oil. I know, because where I live, we are net
exporters of oil. The problem is that with the increased
demand, nobody is building extra refining capacity. Especially
those who *control* the industry. You know, the Exxons, Shell,
and so on. It's gotten to the point where these bastards are
driving the crap out of a barrel of oil because (get this)
they're expecting a friggin' snow storm in the north-east of the
continent.

Greed, power and control.

Same with Microsoft. Control (virtually all PCs run Windows of
one flavor or other)
Greed (absolutely no sane
reason to charge the prices they do for the garbage they sell)
Power (as someone said earlier, they can get away with
*just* about anything within the
legal system).

That's what my bitching is about. Its not thinly veiled envy,
jealousy or any other petty begrudging. It's being just
totally pissed with a system where some people will starve to
death or freeze this winter and others will take comfort in the
fact that they have "looted everyone else so effectively" that
it is impossible to spend the wealth in several lifetimes.

Do I have the answers like some of you *think* you do?? No.
However, that doesn't mean I can't vent about it if I desire.

Contrary to your belief, It is my business if I say or think it
is. Don't you realize that, as a citizen, you have no say in
*anything* anymore? Not even at election time. (Look at Florida)

When you wear out the blinders you're currently wearing, gimme a
call. I got another pair I can sell you.

 

[old jon]

"Gary H" <g.h@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:QZgnf.481$El.105846@news20.bellglobal.com...

Mxsmanic wrote:

Those of us who were there are not deceived by revisionist histories.
In those days, it was big bad IBM versus tiny helpless Microsoft, not
the other way around. Microsoft didn't (and couldn't) twist IBM's
arm.


Ya know, all this really isn't about Bill Gates or Microsoft Per Se. It's
about the greed factor and the power factor and the control factor. The
desire for absolute power and to corrupt absolutely . The sort of thing
that rears its ugly head virtually every single day of our lives. Like
Enron, Hollinger international and on and on.

The great American, and British public, accept that power and control.

Between us all we could bankrupt any corporation we wanted to.
All we have to do is band together and boycott them and their goods,
and down they go.
How could that be done ?.
bw..OJ

 

[MIkemaxcel]

` the tape calibration doesn't
seem very stable`
you can solve it by cleaning the calibration switch.

 

[JAD]

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:439C9417.12D570A8@earthlink.net...

JAD wrote:

OH ok judge jury and executioner mike a terrel......... live with them,
THEN
talk about what you have learned. How they got there, who put them
there,
and why can't the richest nation in the world take some interest in
them.........until then STFU.............


So, enlighten us! How do you help people who refuse to be helped?
Can you do that with only one hand on the keyboard?

I said STFU, do as your told!

--
?

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[JAD]

I find it amazing two people with not a single post referencing hardware,
however when they are given an off topic subject they know nothing about,
you can't shut them up.

Some people bitch, and do nothing. If anything, your the two with all the
answers. re-read your posts...then STFU once again. Maybe you and the expert
on one handed typing could get together and have a circle jerk.


"Gary H" <g.h@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:yB0nf.553$PQ3.98759@news20.bellglobal.com...

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
So, enlighten us! How do you help people who refuse to be helped?
Can you do that with only one hand on the keyboard?


That's the way it is chief. There are loads of people out there
who can fix all the world's problems from their armchairs but
when it comes down to the crunch, haven't got a practical
thought to bless themselves with.

Tons of armchair environmentalists out there as well, most of
whom have never planted a tree in their friggin' lives much less
saved one. They got the answers though. just ask 'em.

 

[Gary H]

JAD wrote:

I find it amazing two people with not a single post referencing hardware,
however when they are given an off topic subject they know nothing about,
you can't shut them up.

Some people bitch, and do nothing. If anything, your the two with all the
answers. re-read your posts...then STFU once again. Maybe you and the expert
on one handed typing could get together and have a circle jerk.

So, why are you commenting?? Aaaah, just another trolling
A**hole looking for an argument.