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RE: [SLUG] MS breakup

To: "slug" <slug@nospam.slug.org.au>
Subject: RE: [SLUG] MS breakup
From: "David Zverina" <david@nospam.altkey.com>
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 00:27:43 +1000
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John wrote:
> Please elucidate - I thought that companies were in business to make
> money for their shareholders, and if that effort means that a competitor
> "goes under", then that competitor maybe wasn't all that good in the
> beginning and maybe deserved to fail. Note that, from the judgement,
> Microsoft has done nothing ILLEGAL (let us distinguish ILLEGAL from
> UNETHICAL or IMMORAL for the sake of argument).

Microsoft has just been found guilty of breaching the Shermann act and
numerous state acts. If that is not by definition illegal, then I dont know
what is ... :)

Dave.
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David Zverina
Alt Key Pty. Ltd.
http://www.altkey.com
PO Box 3121, Parramatta, 2124, Australia

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