On Oct 06 09:01 95, Lewin Edwards of 3:634/396 wrote:

LE>>> } Gates : 1 inadequate man. 1 inadequate vision. Many inadequate
BJ>> To me, this seems to be the "Cut down the tall poppy"
and the "Hate the

LE> You obviously don't understand the issues at stake. I doubt Speed does 
LE> either. Of course, not everyone who /does/ understand the issues agrees 
LE> with my view, but that's not what we're talking about.

Having been with Brat watching since the original "Most of you steal
your software" marketing pitch - reckon I do.

BJ>> fashionable to trash a person/company which is doing well?  I suppose it'

What's doing "well" is a sales and public relations arm.  What
the company is doing amounts to sabotage of EDP on a world wide scale, with
a outcome that makes the Waste Makers into pikers.

"You too can use 10 times too much computer to do your job - your
company can pay for it, don't worry, sucker - Bill needs the sales".

LE> I don't know or care about "trashing" other successful
companies. The fact 
LE> is, this is a very important battle which Microsoft must not be allowed to 
LE> win. It is NOT simply a matter of commercial success, it has extremely 
LE> serious implications for the future.

Considering what Microsoft has already done in the past, that's the
understatement of the decade.

Regards,
Dave Hatch.

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