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No, just treat them as companies.
My point is quit trying to demonize a corporation that does this like every other corporation that didn't even get as bad as some. IBM is way worse with their track record. Google Dehomag.
http://acronyms.tfd.com/Dehomag

So what. What they did was not that bad. The worst thing they did was exclusive contracts by giving discounts not to use the competition. Dupont was the merchants of death after WW1. J.D. Rockefeller had his striking workers killed by the Guard in Colorado. Carnegie brought in Pinkerton guards and 9 people died. Actually it was Henry Clay Frick while he was in Scotland.

HP did more nasty things than MS and should apologize for their crap. But I refuse to buy their printers because they are now junk with their razor blade economic model. Not because they did some anti-fink warfare. I am pragmatic about these things.

Give it up already with your MS hatred. You are only preaching to the choir.
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MIT should be embarassed about taking this money, It is like churches  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
Speaking of drugs...  John Zern | 12/12/06
Insults only show that you do not have an argument.  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
First since you seem to have trouble ...  ShadeTree | 12/12/06
Yes, they were found to be a monopoly, without that the other charges would  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
Yes they were  voska | 12/12/06
Probably too late to save education  __howard__ | 12/12/06
This is obviously not illegal, only an embarassment for MIT.  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
So, you're saying the antitrust settlement  Boot_Agnostic | 12/12/06
Man, this is NOT illegal, only an example of a moral lapse on the part of  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
Listen to yourself sometime, LooneyBoy  John Zern | 12/12/06
Sorry, replied to the story, not the message, see below:  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
Here's my argument  John Zern | 12/12/06
My only point is that it was poor judgement for MIT to accept the money.  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
You are a OSS bigot.  osreinstall | 12/12/06
You do not get it, they still show no remorse. Just because they  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
Who cares Donnieboy?  osreinstall | 12/12/06
So, we should treat companies that break the law and whow no remorse like  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
No, just treat them as companies.  osreinstall | 12/12/06
That makes me sick - they all do it, so just look the other way. No, we  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
Get used to being sick.  osreinstall | 12/12/06
It does not matter if other companies did something worse, MS broke the law  DonnieBoy | 12/13/06
Yes it does if you want to determine fairness.  osreinstall | 12/13/06
You can NOT say that ALL crimes are acceptable because others did worse, or  DonnieBoy | 12/13/06
I didn't say that, you did.  osreinstall | 12/13/06
They still show no remorse and have not apologized. They are also still  DonnieBoy | 12/13/06
I don't care. It is a free country.  osreinstall | 12/13/06
European Model?  __howard__ | 12/12/06
Not the problem  voska | 12/12/06
Education is a minor part of the problem  Patrick Jones | 12/12/06
wages and job security are there  voska | 12/12/06
US accredited Liberal Arts degree more valuable  mighetto | 12/13/06
MS broke the law and was found guilty by a 7 judge panel - UNANAMOUSLY.  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
My opinion of improving schools  CobraA1 | 12/12/06
I could not agree more. They should kick Coke, Pepsi, and Microsoft off of  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
Excellent Post  mighetto | 12/13/06
Was showing remorse a part of the settlement?  Boot_Agnostic | 12/13/06
Nope, only part of being forgiven. Companies can do many things that are  DonnieBoy | 12/13/06

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