From: "Robert Comer" 

> Pigs flying there and Hillary becomes President! ;-)

Gads, stop saying that, it might happen.  (The Hillary part is to scary to
contemplate -- even more than pig droppings falling out of the sky!)

> I was thinking many app folks (Autodesk?) will have to port in order
> to keep customers, so MS may end up shooting it's foot off to spite
> it's nose and shareholders. There will be a lot of pressure now to
> port apps, will MS give all that business to others?

I don't think so -- they'll eventually wake up.

> They are going to antagonize the customer base and when they leave
> they aren't going to kiss any a**es on the way out.

Yep.

> I believe with an expose or two, maybe prime time (like MSNBC, LMAO!)
> coverage, it will simply not be acceptable to even the dumbest
> consumer.

I hope so.

- Bob Comer


"Richard B."  wrote in message
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> On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 15:55:28 -0500, "Robert Comer"
>  wrote:
>
> >I didn't really see it that way when I watched it, but I can see how it
can
> >be viewed that way in hindsight.  It was more just depressing to me, kind
of
> >like the old saying "life sucks, then you die," type thing.
>
> I feel certain it was just to show how quickly life flies by. If
> anything, the video should have shown the person accelerating as he
> aged. Life is short, short doesn't even begin to describe it.
>
> >> That will happen when it snows in hell I'm sure.
> >
> >More than just snows!
>
> Pigs flying there and Hillary becomes President! ;-)
>
> >Actually, with what the India people said yesterday, I'm not so sure
> >Microsoft doesn't *have* to put out a version for Linux, and they've got
to
> >make it cheaper and without this activation crap. (and contrary to what
Paul
> >says, it wont have to be GPL'd )
>
> I was thinking many app folks (Autodesk?) will have to port in order
> to keep customers, so MS may end up shooting it's foot off to spite
> it's nose and shareholders. There will be a lot of pressure now to
> port apps, will MS give all that business to others?
>
> >I think he meant that he was going to get more people to upgrade with the
> >next version. (fat chance now that they have locked out those people not
> >running on at least W2K Sp3!)
>
> They are going to antagonize the customer base and when they leave
> they aren't going to kiss any a**es on the way out.
>
> >Anyway, I read another scary thing last night -- it kind of gives a view
> >what'll happen to you if you do unapproved things with your computer once
> >Palladium is out there...
> >http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/28180.html
>
> I believe with an expose or two, maybe prime time (like MSNBC, LMAO!)
> coverage, it will simply not be acceptable to even the dumbest
> consumer.
>
> - Richard
>
>

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