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To: Pink Minion who wrote (3307)	1/10/1999 4:22:00 PM
From: JustInTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 122087

>>What happen isn't clear, but Gates ended up "buying" QDOS for 50K, renamed it DOS (Disk OS), and the rest is history. The greatest thief in the history of mankind. Doesn't sound like a thief to me, sounds like a stroke of genius, or a shrewd business person. He paid them 50K, they willingly sold it, and that makes him a thief??? Maybe I am missing something? >>If you steal developers, you are stealing code And thus a developer becomes "owned" by the company, and is not allowed to work for any other companies...ever, even if the first company is not paying them anymore?? >>Stole SQL Server from Sybase A beg to differ, MS and Sybase had a joint venture for several years that gave them full access to all of the source code, Sybase developed and marketed to the unix market and Microsoft took care of the OS/2 market. Don't you think if MS "stole" the code from Sybase, they would have sued, and won, by now??

To: Pink Minion who wrote (3307)	1/10/1999 4:25:00 PM
From: Mama Bear	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 122087

"but Gates ended up "buying" QDOS for 50K, renamed it DOS (Disk OS), and the rest is history. The greatest thief in the history of mankind." Umm, I don't call it theft if someone voluntarily sells. Sounds to me like you have a personal thing with MSFT. People voluntarily sold their AMZN in the low teens. Just because its so much higher doesn't mean they were ripped off. "I would like to know if there is any precedent of a company "getting" another company from a suit. I am not aware of any, but then I'm not in a position to be. Just for the record, I'm not intending to step into AVNT short. I believe the court action is well priced into the stock by now. Most are, or should be, aware of the situation by now. If the price were to approach 30, I would revisit on a technical basis. Barb