Microsoft Hatred FAQ 5148

This thread is large and complex, and I can't always know exactly what's a reply to what reply to what. So what's said in what part of a thread may carry over to another part of that same thread.

They are. Read the quotes. Here they are again:

"We are talking junior Mafia style enforcement."

"YES . Have you not read a word I said."

"It will be very hard to prosecute MS for their crimes because they commit them much the way the Mafia does. ... Everyone was terrified of MS and would never dream of going public. I have talked about this publicly many times because it always looked as if I were going to die in a few years anyway."

There are many more.

You are seriously saying that people in this thread have not consistently described Microsoft's actions as analogous to an actual use of force? Have you read any of the thread? Do I need to dig out more quotes?

These are all from early in the thread, long before the posts you are complaining about:

"The choice was go along with MS arm twisting or go out of business."

and

"To my way of thinking what MS did was similar to a the only magasine wholesaler in town telling retailers it had to sell kiddie love under the table or pay full retail for all magazines."

However, you may be right that some of my replies to you may not have been justified as responses to just what you said. It'd take a lot of digging through the thread to figure that out. ;)

DS