hi there sherlock,

dude monoply isnt obtained by being a saint

Oh god! how naive of me. I am eternally grateful to recieve this gem of knowledge. Yea! wait till u get shafted by them. Or maybe they have already got you by your paying them for the crap.

Thats where the problem lies in this world, emotions. First of all cool it!!!! i may not have read all the books that u prob have , but i bet one of them has keepin ur cool as its what shall i say KEY POINTS. And while we are at business ethics my dear nice fella again excuse me for me not havin read all those books that u probably stack up , i just know one business ethic or moral or watever customer, and repeat customer, and more customers and if u havent made it out just yet il give u a hint its CUSTOMERS. And that M$ has more than any of our redhats or whatever hats. But please allow me to make it clear that m not a M$ evangalist. I just believe that u gotta acknowldege that foss cant match microsoft in every segment. Now u might say that the windows market share in desktop secotor is dropping but its somewhat like maruti u know itl drop but still they will have more than half of the market for atleast 10-15 years from now.

And morals and ethics that went out of the window long time back not just from business but from our world in geenral. What else can explain the re-election of tyrant in the country of maximum of ur moral and ethical brothers(and sisters if i might say that).

Now one thing more, the reason i have joined this mailing list is because i personally like using Linux and the community process asssociated with it and moreover i would like to get good at it..And i support the idea that people should have a choice. But i dont believe that a complete disregard for what a rival is doing will do any good to my cause. So dude chill, take it easy. And ya piracy where did i mention my likin of piracy? And thanks for the info which i was diein to get from a learned person like you about GNU/Linux. Thanks a lot.( With all ur sarcasm,i guess u got my point)

u got to play dirty and

Yep you wise fella. I am is loving u. Where do i buy that AK47 to knock off competition. That is a bit violent?. How about knocking them off for Rs.5850 + 11750 (winXP prof + office xp prof) and any other of their stuff u find appetising, now that u know what a rotten bunch they are. Now while two wrongs do not a right make, it is much better than waiting to get short changed. And while we are at it you can present the same argument to all and sundry and add a mind numbing dent to the 3 billion hole caused by piracy in Asia (according to their personal slave the BSF singapore). Great guy you are. Suggest you read some books on morals and business ethics before making cockeyed observations. And stick to the right side of the law by recommending a perfectly viable, completely legal, no-bullshit alternative.No http://alternative.No not piracy -

GNU/Linux.BTW it's

also legal (very sorry to spoil your fun).

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fines well the fines have been for anti monoply suites whr M$ which just reinforces the point that they v got power to do what they like wats 3 billion to microsoft nothin much i would say... and wat hapnd to the bundeled IE case against m$ doesnt look like there is much headway and netscape can go on reinventing itself from borrowed code, it aint doin any good

You really need to read. They have lost 70% of the webserver market,

70%????????? i dont know if we are switchin identites here but as far as i know M$ never had 70% of webserver market share. (Heard of apache - the most popular web server). Well probably those morals and ethics books dont have that bit... sorry

10% of the browser market since firefox hit them, 20% of the desktop market in the last two yrs. Inspite of their illegal practices, money, and fud. But that is not enough. evertime u use or cause others to use M$ products u are rewarding illegal and obnoxious behaviour either in cash or by providing the next set of victims for exploitation. That is the only lesson to be learnt.

Regarding me causin others to use M$ i guess i made it clear that i upport the idea of havin a choice.. But i do believe that m$ will always be there as all users are not the same and never will be for some m$ is good for some linux is heaven. I guess u havent heard of this - Paanchon Ungliyan Barabar Nahin Hoti.(All fingers are not of the same size- in case u dont know hindi)

Regards, Puneet