Re: looks like it's happening everywhere but the US.

Jan C. Depner wrote:

>On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 08:13, Russell McOrmond wrote:
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>>On 27 Oct 2003, Jan C. Depner wrote:
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>>>If you're waiting for the US government to stop advocating proprietary
>>>software as part of it's foreign policy you've got a long wait. 
>>>Micro$oft represents a large chunk of change.  Why would we want to stop
>>>making money from foreign markets?
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>>  Unless you are Microsoft, how does what benefits Microsoft become "WE"?  
>>I thought we all got past the "What's good for GM ..." mindset.
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>	Multithousand employees, multibillion dollars in taxes.  'Nuff said?
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Sure, pay twice for the same thing. That certainly helps the economy. At 
least at a glance.

Taran