*chuckle* MS can't bully WalMart because WalMart CAN'T be bullied - WalMart will just turn around laugh and turn their backs on ANY MS product for the next 5 years...MS kowtows to WalMart... Liz On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Jima wrote: > On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Florin Iucha wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 12:46:40PM -0600, Jima wrote: > > > > > > Yep. I actually brought this up at the beermeeting last night. The > > > general response I got was people pointing out that the hardware wasn't > > > that great. I'm sorry, but this really does set a precedent. It's a big > > > deal, and the timing was excellent. Microsoft can't make a strong move > > > against Walmart, not with antitrust accusations hanging over their head. > > > > That's not the reason... M$ gladly f***s Dell and HP right now. The > > reason is that WalMart is bigger than M$. > > Did Dell and HP just start selling Windows-less PCs this week? I admit, > I phrased that wrong. The primary reason is, yes, Walmart is bigger than > Microsoft. But the antitrust cases certainly don't make it any easier for > Microsoft to act the part of the playground bully. > > Jima > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Imagination is intelligence having fun... e-mail: kethry at winternet.com URL: http://WWW.winternet.com/~kethry/index.html