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Subject: Re: Microsoft thwarted again
From: Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 09:06:23 +1100
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On 20/11/2004, at 8:28 AM, pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

A while back, he told folks at COMMON that IBM's legal dept. spread the word to zip the lip. Something about M$'s lawyers calling IBM's lawyers...


Far more likely that MS told IBM something like:

You know that deal you have where you licence Windows from us at $5.00 a seat? Well if you don't shut up about us using OS/400 we'll charge you retail.

They did similar things whenever IBM started pushing OS/2 and withheld access to W95 etc. etc. etc.

I'm an unforgiving sort ...

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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