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Novell's 'Bad Decisions'
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=a6Q4SAu_QKxA&refer=canada

Novell says the evidence includes a 1994 e-mail in which Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates ordered a delay in providing the data to give Microsoft's own Office software ``a real advantage.'' Without the delay, Gates wrote, ``we can't compete'' with ``WordPerfect/Novell.''

So much for 'Bad Decisions'. Microsoft will lose this lawsuit. Common sense will prevail.

-Mike
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Novell's 'Bad Decisions'  SpikeyMike | 03/17/08
And the current survey results show  fr0thy@... | 03/17/08
Did you SEE  becabill@... | 03/18/08
no... it was OS/2  blu_vg@... | 03/18/08
Everybody Knew somebody, but MS still didn't play fair.  tomam | 03/19/08
Ancient history  quikboy | 03/17/08
Who actually uses WordPerfect?  msalzberg | 03/17/08
This is what tanked Word Perfect  voska1 | 03/17/08
here for more reasons  deaf_e_kate | 03/17/08
Failed to mention....  dbisse@... | 04/01/08
WordPerfect did themselves in  DerZel | 03/17/08
WordPerfect for Windows, back in the day...  nix_hed | 03/17/08
Sorry...  cashaww | 03/18/08
WP was a decent word processor...  fredfarkwater@... | 03/18/08
Who Uses WordPerfect? I do, for one.  boxplayer | 03/17/08
Re: Who Uses WordPerfect? I do, for one.  Rubix_z | 03/17/08
I also use WordPerfect  baldeagle0628@... | 03/17/08
computer lessons  becabill@... | 03/18/08
Word Perfect is a superior word processor  DisplayDoc | 03/17/08
You got that Right!  lynnemiller2@... | 03/17/08
marketing  becabill@... | 03/18/08
Who Uses WordPerfect I DONT AND WOULD never go Back To It Kymbrickie  kymbrickiem@... | 03/17/08
Wow!  daengbo | 03/17/08
Ouch...  iryouza@... | 03/18/08
Gee, you can cut and paste somebody else's post  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 03/18/08
I do  fdcampbell | 03/17/08
Me too - at work & at home  lynnemiller2@... | 03/17/08
No, I Used WordPerfect/DOS, but WP/Win didn't work at ALL right  drprod@... | 03/17/08
Re: No, I Used WordPerfect/DOS, but WP/Win didn't work at ALL right  Rubix_z | 03/17/08
I hate to say this...  vulpine@... | 03/17/08
Exactly the same experience  NeutralityNow | 03/17/08
Miss school much?  DirtyDingus | 03/18/08
Yes, it was all Bush's fault back in 1994...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 03/18/08
Who uses Word Perfect?  lynnemiller2@... | 03/17/08
Who uses Word Perfect?  Franciscus101 | 03/18/08
I used to use WP, but got spoiled by MS Word  rick_snelting | 03/17/08
The Arkansas Supreme Court ... and me  billvelek@... | 03/18/08
Every attorney I did work for used WP.  bjbrock | 03/18/08
Who actually uses WP?  mizdee34@... | 03/18/08
Lemme see if I've got this right:  OButterball | 03/17/08
That analogy doesn't fly  Chustar | 03/17/08
You need to look up the definition of "analogy."  OButterball | 03/17/08
i didn't mean to offend you  Chustar | 03/17/08
analogy  DigtalDude | 03/17/08
I see cars given away free all the time:  OButterball | 03/17/08
I disagree.  cashaww | 03/18/08
A car analogy is fine  fr0thy@... | 03/17/08
So right you are, fr0thy, and ...  OButterball | 03/17/08
I thought mmmm  rogerthorne@... | 03/17/08
Whatta you, some kinda Topic Cop?  OButterball | 03/17/08
Sure you can, but then it becomes endless spam... (nt)  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 03/18/08
What's an NBM'er?  Chustar | 03/17/08
Nothing But Microsoft  Hemlock Stones | 03/17/08
People use analogies because...  bmerc | 03/17/08
that's not an analogy  Chustar | 03/17/08
And I'm using an analogy of cars and software ...  OButterball | 03/17/08
I wouldn't say for free  voska1 | 03/17/08
Yeah, but that AIN'T what quikboy said! (NT)  OButterball | 03/17/08
Ancient history  Jack-Booted EULA | 03/17/08
Are you serious?!  Stuka | 03/17/08
Who's your dipstick CIO?  SpikeyMike | 03/17/08
ummm  rtk | 03/17/08
LOL - ....nt  socialism=nowhere | 03/18/08
You've Got To Be Kidding  jqueeley@... | 03/17/08
Wake Up!!!!!  Krom597 | 03/17/08
Okay  daengbo | 03/17/08
Are you Serious?  jmadsen@... | 03/17/08
Years ago Word and WordPerfect were real Competitors  jpgeorgia | 03/17/08
OS/2, anyone?  will.doak@... | 03/17/08
OS/2 LOL "Right"  the.seeker@... | 03/17/08
Dude! Get your facts straight.  burkhartmic | 03/17/08
1 Correction  nucrash | 03/18/08
Correct, except...  burkhartmic | 03/18/08
Hmmm.....  cashaww | 03/18/08
read the article!  marcfinnwilson@... | 03/18/08
07 does  jgclmbc | 11/19/08
Odd argument in the case  Anton Philidor | 03/17/08
Or...  zkiwi | 03/17/08
Apparently the other way around.  Anton Philidor | 03/17/08
Selective memory time on your part...  zkiwi | 03/17/08
Altered cases.  Anton Philidor | 03/17/08
Don't know what documents you're reading...  bmerc | 03/17/08
Monopoly  DonRupertBitByte | 03/17/08
Did you read this part of the article?  chemist109 | 03/17/08
Argument made  Anton Philidor | 03/17/08
La La land again  Hemlock Stones | 03/17/08
Do the crime, do the time  whisperycat | 03/17/08
I'd say they did compete  voska1 | 03/17/08
No this was classic Microsoft leveraging  fr0thy@... | 03/17/08
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WordPerfect, our business decided not to use it  Boot_Agnostic | 03/17/08
History Lesson  Salman Pak | 03/17/08
A bit more  itpro_z | 03/17/08
What insight...  zkiwi | 03/17/08
"interoperability"  PsychoIT | 03/17/08
I guess the courts disagree with you  zkiwi | 03/17/08
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And yet...  Salman Pak | 03/17/08
And also...  zkiwi | 03/17/08
Some Competitors Worked Well  karps | 03/17/08
Really?  zkiwi | 03/17/08
Ami Pro was better then Word and Wordperfect until  Dark_Knight | 03/19/08
About VB...  Teran | 03/17/08
How do you explain AmiPro, then?  Teran | 03/17/08
AmiPro...  zkiwi | 03/17/08
Drivers  Teran | 03/17/08
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Spin on...  zkiwi | 03/17/08
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If one has followed your posts  Ole Man | 03/18/08
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Real history  4crawford@... | 03/17/08
Superior?  itpro_z | 03/17/08
Grammer Police  Real World | 03/17/08
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thanks  Mary Jo Foley ZDNet Moderator | 03/17/08
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You're right  Real World | 03/18/08
Spelling Police  karps | 03/17/08
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You seem to miss out that...  zkiwi | 03/17/08
He Didn't Miss Out  karps | 03/17/08
Yeah right  zkiwi | 03/17/08
Nightmare on Elm Street?  D. T. Schmitz | 03/17/08
While nothing would make me happier...  SpikeyMike | 03/17/08
I'm wit you!  Ole Man | 03/17/08
Microsoft a Steward?  wesley.mcgregor@... | 03/17/08
They're a Steward because they're the largest...  nix_hed | 03/17/08
Thank your lucky star!  fredf@... | 03/17/08
Blinded by greed  Ole Man | 03/17/08
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As a famous past President once said  Ole Man | 03/18/08
An old guard me-me-me'ist - well done!  fr0thy@... | 03/17/08
So Sad!  fredf@... | 03/17/08
Some people  Ole Man | 03/18/08
LOL-...  socialism=nowhere | 03/18/08
Yep We are ALL buying that BS...  socialism=nowhere | 03/18/08
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Never  Windows Defender | 03/17/08
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OMG - you are true nut case no ounce of reality  socialism=nowhere | 03/18/08
The color of blind  Ole Man | 03/18/08
M$ can be broken...  nix_hed | 03/17/08
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Thanks for Sharing Your Insight  karps | 03/17/08
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I know why I decided to try Word.  arq1 | 03/17/08
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Microsoft needs all the grief...  mikifinaz1@... | 03/17/08
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Of course you could argue  fr0thy@... | 03/17/08
I think I recall something about...  ikeeickholdt | 03/17/08
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Windows/Office developer conversations  cholzwarth | 03/17/08
You know M$ isn't going to do that, however  nix_hed | 03/17/08
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RE: Supreme Court won't block Novell's antitrust suit against Microsoft  pjones | 03/17/08
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will a jaguar engine, if you stuff it in a honda.. will it run???  pcguy777 | 03/17/08
LOL - ...  socialism=nowhere | 03/18/08
Sure NT  desamuelson | 03/18/08
I noticed the same thing years ago  jpgeorgia | 03/17/08
How interesting that MAC OS X will not run on VMWARE  pcguy777 | 03/17/08
Different Interface? You should see the new Office.  jpgeorgia | 03/17/08
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All These Posts And Not A Peep From No_Ax  itanalyst2@... | 03/17/08
Nah...  zkiwi | 03/17/08
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Wordperfect WAS the best word processor.  top100developers | 03/17/08
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Master Joe Says...  MasterJoe | 03/17/08
Master Fr0thy says  fr0thy@... | 03/17/08
"I would never let"  Ole Man | 03/18/08
Master Joe Says...Again  MasterJoe | 03/18/08
Do you even know?  Ole Man | 03/18/08
You have some good points...  socialism=nowhere | 03/18/08
Master Joe Says...Again  The Rifleman | 03/19/08
Master Joe Says...  The Rifleman | 03/19/08
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RE: Supreme Court won't block Novell's antitrust suit against Microsoft  myke@... | 03/17/08
Betamax Vs. VHS?  trust2112@... | 03/17/08
Oh  Altotus | 03/18/08
"Lawsuits can last for generations"  Ole Man | 03/18/08
sort of  desamuelson | 03/18/08
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invented Windows and all of the components  ator1940 | 03/17/08
WP is chota awkward to use and no Macros  anand.nori | 03/17/08
YES it has... and you'd know if you'd used it!  Jymbul | 03/18/08
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RE: Supreme Court won't block Novell's antitrust suit against Microsoft  petergwilson | 03/18/08
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RE: Supreme Court won't block Novell's antitrust suit against Microsoft  KrazyGuy | 03/18/08
Novell would have killed WP on their own.  bjbrock | 03/18/08
The illegal activities predated the buyout...  John L. Ries | 03/18/08
real victims???  dbisse@... | 04/01/08
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Novell didn't keep up  Rick_R | 03/18/08
I'm sure you love Microsoft  Ole Man | 03/18/08
Man you have finally gone of the deep end...  socialism=nowhere | 03/18/08
But keep going because you and  socialism=nowhere | 03/18/08
Not to worry, little (naive) one  Ole Man | 03/18/08
Once again reality has passed you up.  socialism=nowhere | 03/18/08
ps  desamuelson | 03/18/08
I am sure  Ole Man | 03/18/08
Well said - but your going to get a bunch  socialism=nowhere | 03/18/08
I know this will be  Ole Man | 03/18/08
I?m sorry I must have hit a nerve truth must really hurt based on that sill  socialism=nowhere | 03/18/08
Not to worry  Ole Man | 03/18/08
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RE: Supreme Court won't block Novell's antitrust suit against Microsoft  jbarry3rd@... | 03/18/08
Its just like the Indian Reservation Casinos  sborsher | 03/18/08
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RE: Supreme Court won't block Novell's antitrust suit against Microsoft  chaimlavan | 03/18/08
Many bad decisions  Tom in Toronto | 03/18/08
RE: Supreme Court won't block Novell's antitrust suit against Microsoft  computab | 03/18/08
RE: I'd use WordStar or break my fingers before WordPerfect  Computer_Expert | 03/18/08
hmmm 12 years ago  desamuelson | 03/18/08
Look at history  cholzwarth | 03/19/08
Point of Law: Supreme Ct's Denial of Hearing is NOT decision on the merits  zdnet@... | 03/18/08
RE: Supreme Court won't block Novell's antitrust suit against Microsoft  mizdee34@... | 03/18/08
RE: Supreme Court won't block Novell's antitrust suit against Microsoft  blaze1024 | 03/18/08
Not "Who uses wordPerfect" but...  DavidIMcIntosh | 03/18/08
lol nice catchphrase  jimk_z | 03/18/08
RE: Supreme Court won't block Novell's antitrust suit against Microsoft  gbambo | 03/18/08
RE: Supreme Court won't block Novell's antitrust suit against Microsoft  as901 | 03/19/08
How about option 4  jub33@... | 03/19/08
I like your 4th option, too bad it wasn't part of this survey  Boot_Agnostic | 03/21/08
Is this really a problem?  John Musbach | 03/22/08
RE: Supreme Court won't block Novell's antitrust suit against Microsoft  jtmort | 03/25/08
Oh well, in a court, former consumers can attest  Boot_Agnostic | 11/19/08

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