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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 473.99+0.4%3:59 PM EST
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To: Thunder who wrote (44249)5/4/2000 7:57:00 AM
From: Joseph Pareti   of 74651
 
editorial on MSFT in "scientific computing "

scientific-computing.com

my comments below
/Joseph
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>What do Microsoft and pre-revolutionary
> France have in
>common? The analogy lies in a
>comparison between the
>actions of the Republican Government which
>replaced the Ancien Regime and
>the outcome of the anti-
>trust court case against Microsoft

I would refine your comparison, there is a striking similarity between Janet Reno and Robespierre. Mutatis mutandis the 2 have in common blood thirst and the obtuse attitude to use brute force as a substitute of judgment.

>The judgment against Microsoft
>also represents a
>recognition that, left to itself,
>the marketplace has not
>worked

The judgment against Microsoft represents an appalling act of state intrusion into private enterprise and sabotage against those who have devoted a lifetime to innovation.

>Judge Jackson now has the chance
>to bring about an up-to-
>date version of the work of
>revolutionary France.

Judge Jackson and his buddy Reno now have the chance to claim some publicity for an otherwise opaque and meaningless mandate that is due to be terminated soon.

> he will have intervened decisively
>in favour of the Open
>Source movement

which in essence is the attempt to rewrite the software written by others, just with less functionality and more bugs

>Open Source will benefit non-commercial
>users of computing
>and, simultaneously, expand and
>enrich the marketplace.

Open Source will probably be good for those who have all the time to chase bugs and sit-and-wait, but will remain irrelevant for those who use computers more seriously.
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