From: "Joe Barr" 



Methinks the worm from Redmond is missing the whole point.  That's the
death-knell of Microsoft you hear over the horizon.  OEMs free to choose
which OS to preload means the goons have been disarmed.

MS has never been good enought compete on the merits.

HP/Compaq is the first.  IBM will be next.  Then Gateway.  Something that
would have happened long ago without the illegal OEM contracts.

Freedom means the death of Microsoft.  That's a good thing.  Quibbling over
the rubles is stupid and meaningless.



On Thu, 02 Jan 2003 23:12:02 +0000,  wrote:

>    I agree.
>
> Rich
>
>   "Gregg Nemesure"  wrote in message
>   news:3e152fc9{at}w3.nls.net...
>   > "Rich"  wrote in message
news:3e15285a{at}w3.nls.net... You did when
>   > you posted your own percentage calculation.  In your
>   selective
>   > quote below you left out my statement that this is not your fault as
>   > the
>   numbers
>   > you used were inaccurate and misleading.
>
>   It was the percentage calculation that I think Randy was making. When
>   you characterize it as "my comparison" it makes me think
you believe I
>   was trying to interpret interpret the numbers or draw conclusions. I was
>   not. I was just questioning someone's arithmetic.
>
>   --
>   Gregg
> 
> 
> 
> 

> 
> 
>    I
agree.  face=Arial size=2> 
 size=2>Rich  
> 
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>   "Gregg Nemesure" <  
href="nemesure{at}mindspring.com>">mailto:nemesure{at}mindspring.com">nemesure{at}mindspring.com>
>   wrote in message   
href="news:3e152fc9{at}w3.nls.net">news:3e152fc9{at}w3.nls.net...>
>   "Rich" <{at}> wrote in message   
href="news:3e15285a{at}w3.nls.net">news:3e15285a{at}w3.nls.net...>
>   You did when you posted your own percentage calculation.  In
>   yourselective> quote below you left out
my statement that
>   this is not your fault as thenumbers> you used were
>   inaccurate and misleading.It was the percentage
calculation that
>   I think Randy was making. When youcharacterize it as
"my comparison"
>   it makes me think you believe I wastrying to interpret interpret the
>   numbers or draw conclusions. I was not. Iwas just questioning
>   someone's
>  
arithmetic.--Gregg

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