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

You lost me there.  How am I paying twice for something I don't use?  I
didn't even pay once for it ;-)


Jan

On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 09:55, Taran Rampersad wrote:
> Jan C. Depner wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 08:13, Russell McOrmond wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>On 27 Oct 2003, Jan C. Depner wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>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?
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>  Unless you are Microsoft, how does what benefits Microsoft become "WE"?  
> >>I thought we all got past the "What's good for GM ..." mindset.
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >	Multithousand employees, multibillion dollars in taxes.  'Nuff said?
> >
> Sure, pay twice for the same thing. That certainly helps the economy. At 
> least at a glance.
> 
> Taran
> 
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