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Story: Pricing scuppers Media Player-free XP
Posted by: Smithy (Monday 27 June 2005, 11:28 PM)
Chris Rankin : "1998: I remember it well...
That was the year that MS integrated Internet Explorer into Windows, thereby illegally leveraging their Operating System (OS) monopoly to destroy a competitor in the application market.."
So...
You remember it well from back in 1998, do ya?
Riiiight!
Um...for your information, IE was included in Windows 95 back in 1995.
It was after IE 3 came out in August 1996, and it was much, much better than Netscape, that IE began it's rapid overtaking of Netscape, because IE was much better than Netscape was.
All this happened before 1998.
Bottom line : Open source Linux fanatics have been boasting about overtaking Microsoft Windows since before 1998.
They were gonna clobber Windows in 2000, then 2001,then oh it was 2002, but certainly 2003 , then..... oh what's the use.
You clowns have been promising to take out Microsoft like forever.
Today's latest boast by "Matt" on this thread is merely the latest empty boast from an empty loud mouth open spurce group.
Its a great big yawn.
Its not worth the spit.
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Story: Pricing scuppers Media Player-free XP
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The incredible stupidity of the brain dead bureauc... Smithy -
Wisdom of the Bush administration? open sourc... Matt -
I suppose the EU's legal requirement tha... Chris Rankin -
Matt : "especially in the future when ev... Smithy
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1998: I remember it well...
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Matt: "Wisdom of the Bush administration? ope... smithy
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Microsoft is walking a narrow line here. As part... Mark Grosskopf
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Doesn't matter if Microsoft integrates something o... Arthur B.
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Chris Rankin :" suppose the EU's legal requirement... Smithy
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Chris Rankin : "1998: I remember it well...
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Chris Rankin : "This was precisely why the EU was... Smithy
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Arthur B : "Competition works. Competition inspire... Smithy
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Smithy: Microsoft must offer XP-N for sale in... Chris Rankin
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Microsoft's spokesperson said "Microsoft... Lupa
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Chris Rankin : "Wow, a spokesperson for... Smithy
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EU Drongocrats when will you pillocks learn? Stop... Andy Dale
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Hi, think Windows XP could be cut back further, Wi... Carol M Kemp
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"Carl M Kemp" or whatever : "Hi, think Windows XP... Smithy
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Lupa : "This is very interesting comment. If so, h... Smithy
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Chris Rankin, : "And yes, I.E. was included in Win... Smithy
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Chris Rankin : "And Smithy: For the record, the In... Smithy
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Smithy: Open Source is a development process... Chris Rankin
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Clearly there are lunatics everywhere...... Jonathan Webb
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Either Smithy is on a mission to wi... Paul Tansom
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Chris Rankin : "Now please calm down. You are rant... Smithy
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Chris Rankin : "Open Source is a development proce... Smithy
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Smithy, Microsoft started taking huge chunks out o... Arthur B.
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Paul Tansom : "open source nuts, a group that is f... Smithy
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Smithy, any idea how many Microsoft loving sales m... Arthur B.
