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Microsoft - The <b>Evil</b> empire
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1525Message 7884263Kal-2/19/1999
1524 <i>There's no dispute about that wording. That is a matter of distribRobert Winchell-2/19/1999
1523 <i>Lets just take it as a given that Java is slow. However, it is cross pRobert Winchell-2/19/1999
1522 <i>You really need to get up to speed on the facts, dude. Microsoft derRobert Winchell-2/19/1999
1521 <i>I don't have the text here in front of me, but what I understood Dragonfly-2/19/1999
1520 <i>Ha! Until you can cite specifics about how much they pay and how much Robert Winchell-2/19/1999
1519 Lets just take it as a given that Java is slow. However, it is cross platform Dragonfly-2/19/1999
1518 <i>I'm not sure. It's certainly not for revenue. </i> YouDragonfly-2/19/1999
1517 <i>The difference is Apple, Sun and Oracle don't use criminal methodsRobert Winchell-2/19/1999
1516 <i>Why then do they still produce Office for Macintosh,</i> So thDragonfly-2/19/1999
1515 <i>Anyway, what does the license agreement say? It says return it to to Dragonfly-2/19/1999
1514 <i>Okay. In the meantime though, I'm going to upload all of my unuseDragonfly-2/19/1999
1513 <i>True. But that's because the top-tier players willingly sign licesDragonfly-2/19/1999
1512 <i>Microsoft's license agreement gives you the right to refuse to accRobert Winchell-2/19/1999
1511 <i>Gates et al are interested in products that make money. Same as Sun, ADragonfly-2/19/1999
1510 I don't respond to strawmen. Reread what I said.Dragonfly-2/19/1999
1509 You didn't read it fully. Microsoft's license agreement gives you the Dragonfly-2/19/1999
1508 I don't think you'll ever need to go back to win programming. CompaniesKal-2/19/1999
1507 <i>Companies are enthusiastically swistching to JAVA. It is more productiRobert Winchell-2/19/1999
1506 I have experienced what feels like a 10x productivity performance using Java: IPrognosticator-2/19/1999
1505 The problem is, even if there is no money to make in the JAVA, Linux world, AnyKal-2/19/1999
1504 <i>You're probably right. I still think their current management is mRobert Winchell-2/19/1999
1503 Maybe time to visit www.stardivision.com MG MICHEL GUIBERT-2/19/1999
1502 Hi JC, That posting you grabbed from the LINUX thread about copyrights is exactAndy Thomas-2/18/1999
1501 <I> It's probably a just ploy to make it look like they care about otPrognosticator-2/18/1999
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