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To: abbigail who wrote (37575)	2/9/2000 4:44:00 PM
From: miraje	Read Replies (2) of 74651

abbigail, I love this excerpt from the URL you posted: Microsoft noted that the request follows a complaint filed last year at the Commission by Sun Microsystems. Sun complained that the advances in the Windows 2000 desktop and server technology will make it harder for Sun to compete. Microsoft said that it was disappointed by Sun's continued efforts to lobby governments around the world to take action against Microsoft. "Sun wants new government action to overcome the fact that Microsoft's server technology provides a better price and performance value to customers," said Smith. "Independent tests show that Sun's combined hardware and software solutions typically cost three times as much as comparable solutions running Windows. "The irony is that we in fact have sent developers at Sun's request to visit their offices in California to provide them with technical information about our products, only to have Sun cancel the meeting and leave our developers sitting in their hotel rooms," said Smith. "Instead of competing in the marketplace, Sun continues to call for governments around the world to regulate more heavily the software development process, a change that we do not believe would serve well the fast-paced technological innovation that is today the driving force of the world economy." Bingo!! In a nutshell!! And to the SUNW employees and mouthpieces who parrot the company line on this board, "Chew it, swallow it, digest it". I personally would never invest a nickle in a company that operates this way.

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