Posted on 06/05/2002 4:23:32 PM PDT by BunnySlippers
Nader Suggests U.S. Stop Buying Microsoft Products, WSJ Says
2002-06-05 08:13 (New York)
Washington, June 5 (Bloomberg) -- Consumer advocate Ralph Nader suggested the U.S. government stop buying products made by Microsoft Corp. to fight its market dominance in computer- operating systems and office-productivity software, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Nader wrote the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, saying that refusing to buy from the world's largest software maker would accomplish more than the government's lengthy antitrust case against the company, according to the newspaper.
A federal appeals court last year upheld a ruling that Microsoft violated antitrust law. The court overturned a judge's decision to break up the software maker and ordered consideration of new remedies.
``If Mr. Nader took a close look at the software industry, he would find that no one delivers more technology at affordable prices to empower consumers worldwide,'' an unidentified Microsoft spokeswoman told the Journal.
(Wall Street Journal 6/5 B2)
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--Amy Strahan Butler in the Washington newsroom, (202) 624-1835 or astrahan@Bloomberg.net. Editor: Hughey.
Man, this is a real dellemna (sp?) for me.
Nader here is suggesting that Microsoft does not deserve a TRIAL. But that the US government should be judge, jury and executioner!!!
Affordable prices. More like highway robbery because of a monopoly... and it's free if you are trying to blow away a competitor like netscape. Open source will do them in the end but it is going to take a decade or so.
Now go take your meds.
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An interesting question: who has benefited society more: Bill Gates or Ralph Nader? Who has created more jobs? Who has increased everyone's productivity and knowledge?...
Maybe Janet Reno should have gone up against Nader and his self-aggrandizing "PIRGs".
microsoft is the foundation of our new econamy and it helps us compete in the national market place
guess what the democ-rats did not like that so thay hostaged our government and used it to destroy microsoft
auto industry is a strong componant of the usa economey here again the economist need to destroy it to win against the usa well for a few bucks democrats will prostitute the government and will use the environment issue to distroy it
next comes the tabbaco industry we all know how bad thay are !!!!
thay kill women!!!thay kill children!!!!!but aside from that the usa is the one making the most money from it
comunist who killed 50 million people to provide jobs for workers are looking to do it in here too lets just tell them that in the usa you dont provide employement by destroying imployers
Open source will do them in the end but it is going to take a decade or so.
From where I sit, the Open Source Wacktovists seem to be digging their own grave which is good. I look forward to a future where I will be able to buy quality, easy-to-use software that does what I want it to do and where I will hardly ever have to think about the O/S.
Right now, I have just about gone mad trying to figure out how to install stuff on LUNIX. If going from a Ford to a Dodge where as wacked out as going between Solaris, AIX, and linux, it really would be unsafe at any speed.
LUNIX is all about making the routine impossible. Which is a very liberal thing.
Unfortunately, his principles aren't very "principled". His lack of understanding of the laws of economics really hamper his ability to understand anything that involves wealth. But, I do admire his honesty even if he is almost always wrong.
I hear LINUX is tough to install things on, also. I passed on XP and LINUX and bought a Mac for my new computer. I have to have Photoshop, and I'm really sick of the new Microsoft licensing schemes, where (1) Your system shuts down if you make too many changes to it and you have to call Microsoft to get an unlock code, (2) the new EULA gives Microsoft the right to search your hard drive, (3) Microsoft now wants to go subscription, which means they want you to pay them every year.
Nader's a dork, but I'm sick of Microsoft.
Philip K. Dick said:
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."
In general, I choose my words very carefully:
LUNIX=Linux + UNIX
What does Solaris and AIX have to do with Open Source?
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