In Reply to: Do you think the U.S. Dept of Justice lost it? posted by Jazz Inmate on August 23, 2007 at 22:25:58:
Jazz, you're not doing much to bolster your argument by posting allegations...let me repeat that...allegations...that are nearly a decade old, especially since most of them were thrown out by the Appeals court.There's no doubt that Microsoft has engaged in some overly aggressive business practices in the past, and may still be doing so now (albeit less noticeably), but your use of unrelated allegations from the past to support your conspiracy theory graphically illustrates the weakness of your position.
From where I sit it looks like you have made a big emotional investment in a format, and you are making emotion-based efforts to defend your choice. You've gone from defense of your emotional investment on technical merits to concocting a conspiracy theory. Perhaps you should take a step back and re-evaluate your motivations.
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- Grasping at straws - racerguy 06:04:51 08/24/07 (16)
- MS had predatory business practices in the past, has such practices now and will have them in the future - Jazz Inmate 10:51:24 08/24/07 (15)
- This conversation is not worth continuing (nt) - racerguy 12:03:25 08/24/07 (14)
- certainly wasn't worth your invectives, but since you hurled them, the least you could do is say why, exactly - Jazz Inmate 12:22:47 08/24/07 (13)
- Invectives? - racerguy 14:43:46 08/24/07 (12)
- RE: Invectives? - Jazz Inmate 15:36:14 08/24/07 (11)
- OK, maybe THIS one will be my final word - racerguy 16:01:48 08/24/07 (10)
- RE: OK, maybe THIS one will be my final word - Jazz Inmate 17:32:29 08/24/07 (9)
- Did you even read the NYT article? - Jack G 06:31:59 08/25/07 (0)
- But would you apply the same standards to Apple? - 4season 21:06:00 08/24/07 (1)
- Apple innovated a product to exploit a niche that wasn't being served by electronics manufacturers - Jazz Inmate 22:01:18 08/24/07 (0)
- Unbelievable - racerguy 20:27:25 08/24/07 (5)
- RE: Unbelievable - Jazz Inmate 21:06:50 08/24/07 (4)
- Jazz, you're just embarrassing yourself - racerguy 09:12:03 08/25/07 (3)
- RE: Jazz, you're just embarrassing yourself - Jazz Inmate 08:38:44 08/26/07 (2)