Neil Cherry <ncherry <at> comcast.net> writes:

> But there is still something bothering me about this whole thing.
> What' MS really up to? They had to know that they would get this
> kind of reaction. Something else is up I just haven't figured
> out what yet. I hope someone does, soon.

I don't think that they are up to something specific. It's a wave type of system
where there is pressure from one side and opposition from the other. When
something changes there is some trashing and then the equilibrium resettles soon
after that. The losers are those caught in the momentary upheaval. The lawyers
and the stock operators always win. The lawyers get paid no matter who wins and
the stock operators get a nice cut on the ensuing swift trade's margins, also no
matter who wins or loses. Sometimes, rarely, the upheaval leaves some marks in
the judicial system, in the form of an invalidated patent, or of an enforced
license.

Peter P.


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