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Re:Blaming Outlook

Posted by: Anonymous Coward on June 24, 2003 07:46 AM
I'd like to disagree with you. MS is a convicted monopolist. How did these people get their Outlook? Well, it came bundled with IE (illegal tying) and there is no way to unbundle it. And why is IE so popular? Because MS has extended the W3C standard and inserted proprietary extensions to the server and client that other browser makers can't use. Very plain and simple, anti-competitive tactics. The problem lies with Microsoft, period. Elderly relative: Oh look! Here is an email from yourdaughter@yourdaughter.com with an attachment named fromyourdaughter.exe. I know this person so I'll click on it. You can't expect normal people to have CS degrees to use their applications. It would be more appropriate to start a class action lawsuit against MS for not complying with standards thus putting the public at risk. They should know better, but that would remove their competitive advantage. And they have already stated the user isn't interested in paying for security. This from a company with $40+ billion in the bank from their ill gotten gains. MS not to blame my a**.

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