From: black.hole.4.spam{at}gmail.com (Don Hills)

In article , "Geo"  wrote:
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>Microsoft used to be the good guys, today, I wouldn't use anything MS if I
>have a halfway decent second choice. Too expensive, too restrictive, too
>risky due to copy protection/activation.

No, they were never the good guys. Novell was a competitor with a majority
market share so Microsoft used every dirty trick in the book, including
predatory pricing, to unhook Novell's customers. IBM used to sell and
support Netware at one time, and I recall several competitive analysis
briefings where Microsoft's strategy was discussed.

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