Re: why Microsoft really opposes Open Source

From: CBFalconer (cbfalconer_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/15/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:16:34 GMT

Richard Heathfield wrote:
> Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> > On 2004-03-07, TLOlczyk <olczyk2002@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> This is an address I ignore.
> >> To reply via email, remove 2002 and change yahoo to
> >> interaccess,
> >
> > Can you please fix your signature, and make it shorter?
> >
> > You keep mixing it up with your replies, and it is too long.
>
> We tried polite already.

and, as you said else thread, sarcastic. We also tried triggering
pride. We don't seem to have a hairy club wielding gorilla.
Something was received with extreme snottiness, but at least
noticed, with no other discernable effect. He appears totally
uneducable. 

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