[oclug] The Sinnister MS Connection Was : Rogers domain oddness.

[Francis Pinteric]

--- Jon Earle <jearle at kronos.honk.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, David F. Skoll wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Jon Earle wrote:
> > 
> > > I would question your claim that MS's practices were, while
> perhaps
> > > unethical from some people's viewpoint, illegal.
> > 
> > Microsoft was convicted of illegaly abusing its monopoly.  Unless
> and
> > until the conviction is overturned, it's quite accurate to say
> that
> > Microsoft's business practices were illegal.
> 
> But, were those "illegal" acts based on any "on the books" law? 
> The DoJ
> (rightly or wrongly - I'm sure it'll be covered in the appeal)
> agreed with
> claims that MS "illegally" combined things like DOS and Windows,
> and
> Windows and Internet Explorer, etc

It had nothing to do with the binding of Internet Explorer with
windows per se. The DOJ presented to a judge huge amounts of evidence
of illegal activities to a court of law. When I use the word illega
in the previous sentence I indeed mean laws that are on the books.
The judge in case agreed with the presecutors that there was indeed
laws broken and convicted Microsoft.

Therefore Microsoft, as a company that stands convicted of criminal
activity, is now in fact a criminal organization.

>>>---fja->


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To say that something is 'nonessential' is to say that
   it is 'unnecessary.'
GUIs, while nice, are nonessential.

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