Re: [NTLK] The OQO should have been the new Newton?

From: richard_at_cyberphotographer.com
Date: Fri Jun 07 2002 - 07:29:45 EDT


So M$ isn't guilty of illegally stifling competition then? Newton is
almost certainly one of the many many indirect casualties of
Microsoft's legally established anti-competitive behaviour.

>I'm sorry, but could you give me a short list of ANY company that hasen't
>been involved in unethical practices at some time in its existence? All
>business is by nature focused on profit, PERIOD.
>
>Do you eat? Chances are that any major food product that you buy has been
>manufactured by a company that sells tobacco products. Do you wear clothes?
>How many items in your current wardrobe were sown together by an 8 year old
>making 12 cents an hour in a sweatshop? Do you drive a car? Cars pollute the
>environment.
>
>And since when is the government any more innocent of lying and coercion
>than private industry?

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