Re: Report: Sun and Oracle Bribed Attorneys to Keep MS Lawsuit Alive - This is an outrage!

Did anyone notice the date of the Novak posting?  True, Wired ran their =
story 5 days later, but the date of the Novak posting is suspicious.  =
And I didn't see the article in the Washington Post.  Just wondering...

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From: Sam R. Akhtar [mailto:[email protected]]=20
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 7:29 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [DOTNET-ADVOCACY] Report: Sun and Oracle Bribed Attorneys =
to Keep MS Lawsuit Alive - This is an outrage!

Is anyone really surprised?=A0 In an environment where it's easier to =
litigate instead of innovate (even though it can't be as cheap can it?), =
this behaviour will be more prevalent.
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One thing this group may want to consider is a petition to the powers =
that be in this investigation, send a powerful message =
to=A0congress\justices, state reps, etc.
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I'll sign if someone works it up?
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Sam Akhtar
-----Original Message-----
From: DOTNET-ADVOCACY [mailto:[email protected]]On =
Behalf Of Sam Gentile
Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 5:31 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [DOTNET-ADVOCACY] Report: Sun and Oracle Bribed Attorneys to =
Keep MS Lawsuit Alive - This is an outrage!
Report: MS Foes Bribed Attorneys. Report: MS Foes Bribed Attorneys. A =
Washington Post columnist claims state attorneys general were bribed by =
Oracle and Sun, et al., to keep the antitrust case alive. This and more =
from Washington bureau chief Declan McCullagh's notebook. [Wired News] =
[MyFreePress.com]
This is actually well-known among many except the general public. This =
whole "case" has been funded by Oracle and Sun and is purely based on =
jealousy. What kind of country do we live in that allows this? Is this =
(and their conspiring with Netscape and Gary Reeback) not a gross =
illegal act? A true Anti-Sherman violation. I say 100% yes. This should =
outrage every single software developer. Write your congressional =
delegation. Not only should the lawsuit be dropped but these companies =
should be prosecuted.
Also, lets see if we *ever* see this story on SlashDot which is =
super-quick to report every slight perceived Microsoft negative and =
didn't even have a single story on the VS.NET launch, which was sent in =
by over a dozen people I know.
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Sam Gentile
Co-Author Wrox Professional Visual C++.NET (ISBN 1861005962 )
[email protected]
www.project-inspiration.com/sgentile
http://www.project-inspiration.com/sgentile/DotNet.htm
BLOG: http://radio.weblogs.com/0105852/
http://www.project-inspiration.com/sgentile/ScienceFiction.htm
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