Walt Mankowski on Tue, 4 Apr 2000 22:29:13 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [PLUG] microsoft lost


On Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 10:22:51PM -0400, Darxus wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Tom Joyce wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > This is a response to my post. It is a bit off topic so I won't respond on here
> > after this so I don't post irrelevant information to the group. 
> 
> I don't know why people are considering this subject offtopic.  Microsoft
> Is Linux's main competitor.  I would think it's future would be very on
> topic.
> 
> Of course there's the argument that we should stop worrying about what
> Microsoft is doing, and instead spend our energy on improving Linux.
> 
> Either way, I think the great majority of the people on this list have
> some interest in the subject, which would then make it a very acceptable
> topic.

I agree, but if we're going to talk about Microsoft, we should at
least strive to rise above the level of what are IMHO paranoid
conspiracy theories without any basis in fact.

Walt

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