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Error code 1/1 [message #93817] Fri, 21 December 2007 13:53 Go to next message
Amos Parkinson is currently offline  Amos Parkinson   
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been consistently loosing market share to the most
>>>> powerful
>>>> consumer force in the history of the internet, and Steve Ballmer is
>>>> actually
>>>> so stupid he's willing to pay a 62% premium on the Yahoo share price.
> I'd
>>>> tear his arm off taking that deal.
>>>>
>>>> S
Re: Error code 1/1 [message #93821 is a reply to message #93817] Fri, 21 December 2007 14:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Aaron Allen is currently offline  Aaron Allen   UNITED STATES
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ciously
>whenever they get the chance, with M$ having the upper hand because they
>have the upper hand in muscle. How you can claim Apple have never tried
to
>buy market share I just don't get.
>
>Just because one company is very evil doesn't mean you are forced to become
>blind to the evils of the other. Most people on this group see evils in
both.
>I have seen you criticise Apple, but it's very very rare. They do a long
>more wrong IMHO than you give them credit for, and claiming they don't buy
>market share, well...
>
><rant off>
>
>Cheers,
>Kim.Dude, all I'm saying is that we have two evil companies, and one has more
money, hence power, than the other. Hence the one with more power obviously
is in a better position to do all this evil stuff. Apple have less examples
of questionable business
Re: Error code 1/1 [message #93848 is a reply to message #93821] Sat, 22 December 2007 01:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Amos Parkinson is currently offline  Amos Parkinson   
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Allen" <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>> Come now ... if we're talking ethical standards riddle me 2 things, early
>
>> history:
>>
>> How did the Apple Lisa get it's name?
>> Who fired Steve Jobs, and why was he pushed out of the Apple Lisa project?
>>
>> The funny thing about humanity and ethics is they usually leave the room
> to
>> make more space for money and greed when the word 'corporate' gets involved.
>>
>> Now, I'm not sayin Gates is a saint (or Ballmer), hardly that, but it's
>
>> rather obvious that Apple doesn't mind strong arming folks either. Let's
>
>> take iTunes. Apple and Apple Records had an agreement. One conveniently
>
>> forgotten by Jobs that he later got to pay for. Jobs will tell you he saved
>
>> the record business. I bet the fat cats on boards at labels have a different
>
>> song. (On the other end, the Zune is a failure IMO) My perspective is
>> different than both those parties. Everybody has their truth.
>> But to say Apple or MS either one are ethical is a tall order, and it's
>
>> strictly a matter of power to push the smaller ones around. MS just has
> more
>> power.
>>
>> Just a little levity.
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Re: Error code 1/1 [message #93945 is a reply to message #93848] Mon, 24 December 2007 07:58 Go to previous message
Tom Bruhl is currently offline  Tom Bruhl   UNITED STATES
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Mr. Simplicity wrote:
> You need to get you some of that Oxycontin stuff. It will be your friend
> really quick and forever if you're not careful.
>
> Does it ever bother you that we. the public, can now tell doctors what
> prescription drugs we think they should prescribe for us thanks to TV ads?
>
>
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> "rick" <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:v8svr3tv0ka7kugogtk9u11l1t65h2luto@4ax.com...
>> i don't see what's so great about the big V; 2 aspirin seem to do more
>> for me than the Vicodin ES.
>>
>> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:21:05 -0700, "Mr. Simplicity" <noway@jose.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> My Phenergan/Codiene cough syrup can kick your Vicodin's butt any day.
>>>
>>>
>>> "rick" <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:uhatr3leus43r9373l4j1luoi4mjf0la1s@4ax.com...
>>>> i don't get it...must be the vicodin. ;o)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:05:52 -0600, "Aaron Allen"
>>>> <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> While walking down the street one day a US
>>>>> senator is tragically hit by a truck and dies.
>>>>> His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at
>>>>> the Golden Gate.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you
>>>>> settle in, it seems
>>>>> there is a problem. We seldom see a high official
>>>>> around these parts,
>>>>> you see, so we're not sure what to do with you." "No
>>>>> problem, just
>>>>> let me in," says the man. "Well, I'd like to, but I
>>>>> have orders from
>>>>> higher up. What we'll do is have you spend one day
>>>>> in hell and one in
>>>>> heaven. Then you can choose where to spend
>>>>> eternity." "Really, I've made
>>>>> up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the
>>>>> senator. "I'm sorry, but
>>>>> we have our rules."
>>>>>
>>>>> And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator
>>>>> and he goes down,
>>>>> down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds
>>>>> himself in the middle
>>>>> of a green golf course. In the distance is a
>>>>> clubhouse and standing in
>>>>> front of it are all his friends and other politicians
>>>>> who had worked
>>>>> with him.
>>>>>
>>>>> Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run
>>>>> to greet him,
>>>>> shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times
>>>>> they had while
>>>>> getting rich at
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